Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

8 reviews

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really good short stories. Very complex, which is so impressive. Love the writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Ableism, and Body horror

schomj's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Ableism

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Child abuse, Confinement, Pregnancy, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Self harm, War, Excrement, Grief, Animal death, Gaslighting, Torture, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Incest, Vomit, Sexual content, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

Menstruation ("The Head," "The Embodiment").

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit, Ableism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Mental illness, Incest, and Suicide

akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Make it past the first and second story and you will reach gold. A beautiful anthology discussing trauma, revenge, love, greed, guilt, with a mix of sci-fi and horror to really emphasise the themes.

I really loved the stories, I loved that despite everything it wasn’t all doom and gloom. There were some happy endings within it all. 

My top three stories have to be:
1. Cursed Bunny
2. Home Sweet Home
3. Snare
But to be honest I loved all of them bar the first two.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Child death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide, Abandonment, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Incest

emilyacres's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Pregnancy, and Death

bookishcori's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Excrement

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism

hedsek's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

It's difficult to rate this book, as some of the stories were hard for me to understand without understanding their cultural context. Sometimes I felt like I wasn't able to get at any deeper meaning to some of the more gory stories, which left me with the feeling that things were just done for shock value (which is probably wrong). The concepts and ideas in this bundle are really intriguing and some of the stories do get stuck in your head quite a bit because they are so unique and make you uncomfortable for quite some time after reading them.

The first two stories are very gory, and I don't think they give a very good impression of the rest of the bundle so don't stop reading if you dislike those two. The other stories can be gory as well, but I feel like they have more to offer aside from that. 'Snare' (definitely horrifying in its own way) was my favourite, and the last three stories are a good read as well.

I'm personally not really a fan of the writing style as it can get a bit repetitive, but it's also not offensive and it reads pretty easily.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Excrement, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Blood, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism and War