Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

No Longer Human by Junji Ito

35 reviews

veggiecats's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Really intense, but really well done. As a book, I mean its masterful and raw. In terms of Junji Ito's rendition of it, I think the illustrations definitely help with certain themes, such as a

Takeichi being "reborn" as Yoichi. And also the delusions and envisioning different people inhabiting one person.

I think this is wonderfully done and really resonated with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Abortion, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Gore

I would not recommend reading this if you are actively struggling with feelings of hopelessness and suicidal ideations, symptoms of psychosis and extreme paranoia, or are sensitive to themes of sexual assault and rape.

happycroissant's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Body horror, Child abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Domestic abuse

zombie_loves_books's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

As always Junji Ito's art is astonishing! I doubt I would have been able to read this otherwise.

A person you come to hate pretty fast going through a never ending spiral of momentary content quickly followed by self-imposed dispare that almost always leads to  death of a mostly innocent party. Even being haunted by those he wronged he never acknowledged his part in it and instead justifies everything in his own mind, blames the victims and just women in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Bullying, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

itsdoroo's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, Incest, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

musicalchikaan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Bullying, Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, Murder, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Grief, Genocide, Death of parent, Suicide, Sexism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Incest, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Medical content, Gore, and Emotional abuse

joziepaterson's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual content, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Murder, Incest, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Child death

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Addiction, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

elharpwhy's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

jeansposii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was one of the darkest, most challenging books I’ve ever read. It honestly stunned me. The art was phenomenal. This one focuses more on the horrors of real life. Much more like a drama, which I always think of as a subgenre of horror. Definitely check out the content warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Addiction, Grief, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence