Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi

4 reviews

imlikesia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

What does it mean to be human, and why does it matter? 

Is this book as good as people say it is? No, because it’s better. 

I would highly recommend Little Mushroom to anyone in a reading slump. It’s been a while since I read a book in one sitting, and I finished both volumes in less than 24 hours. 

Shisi writes uniquely and wonderfully. It was sad, really sad at times, but profound. It delves into themes of morality and makes you think about humanity in so many different ways. Heavy themes are explored in a subtle, ordinary manner, so it doesn’t feel overwhelming, until it does. 

I hope to read many novels like this one, but I’m not quite sure they exist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

koalala1031's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I got curious of this one because I saw someone asking about it on Twitter, and tbh this is the first time I seriously read danmei I think (excluding that one time I didn't finish mdsz fan translation)

It was mostly dark and tense, but the romantic moments were actually cute, I couldn't help but smile a bit. The ending actually made me curious of how the story would continue 

I need to catch up with the 2nd book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide and War

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aardwyrm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Soft worldbuilding has its pitfalls, and it's frequently hard to keep track of things like themes and stakes, which make following the story a little challenging. It's all vibes, but those vibes are pretty neat, with a semi-supernatural nature's revenge apocalypse that evokes nothing so much as Nausicaa, and strange, prickly, very fallible characters. Just. Don't think too hard. If anything, a nice change from all the mushroom horror that seems to be the style of these times. A pleasant mushroom who's a pretty good little guy is refreshing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail