Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

64 reviews

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Medical content, Excrement, Slavery, Body horror, Grief, Violence, War, Abandonment, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Animal death, Alcohol, Abortion, Infertility, Animal cruelty, and Infidelity

_gayser's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

my favorite were scars, reunion and cursed bunny! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

murmurations_x's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

Where to start with this collection of short stories? It seems like everyone either loves this collection or isn't a fan and then there is me, in the middle and I enjoyed it. I can see myself returning to re-read some stories but probably not the entire collection and that on reflection is because some are just too gross for me. Cursed Bunny is a mixing pot of horror, science fiction, magical realism, jumping from disgusting and grotesque to emotional to eerie it really does have a little bit of it all. Each of them being a nice length that you can finish a story(or two) in a sitting and not feel burnt out.

Where I think the difference between me enjoying it and loving it is really what I look for in a book, I picked this up because I love horror and I've really been enjoying translated fiction particularly from Asia and that's it. Those who love it seem to heavily discuss how these tales are used to address the greed/capitalism and the patriarchy in society and that's just not what I was looking for when I picked it up.

The body horror in this book is intense. I barely made it through the first two stories and I like to think I can handle my gore and body horror but this is the first book I've read where my stomach actually turned while reading so be sure to check the trigger warning before reading this book.

My favourite stories are Snare, Home Sweet Home, Goodbye My Lover and The Frozen Finger.

I just want to note the translation here from Anton Hur is excellent. At no point did any of this writing feel clunky or misplaced like it didn't transfer well into English, he did a fantastic job and reading other reviews of this book there seems to be a lot of praise for Anton which I'm delighted to see as a lot of time the work of the translator goes unnoticed by the reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, Violence, Sexual assault, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Rape

cocopeia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Death of parent, Mental illness, Blood, Animal death, Grief, Incest, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Torture, Pregnancy, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Suicide, Excrement, Gore, and Animal death

year23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Weird, uncomfortable stories - in the best kind of way. Relied maybe a little too much on a twist sort of format (which were sort of easy to guess and that took away a little of the startling surprise I think the author was going for). Apart from that though, incisive examination of themes like motherhood, responsibility, and exploitation. Highly recommend if you are okay with gore in your stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Miscarriage, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gore, Incest, Sexism, and Body horror

medini_l's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Excrement, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Gore, Abortion, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Cannibalism, and Violence

dandelionsanddragons's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

this book was amazing and a few of these stories will definitely stay with me for a long time

the head: 5/5 haunting. amazing.

the embodiment: 5/5 body horror, so creepy 

cursed bunny: 4.5/5 great story about capitalism

the frozen finger: 3/5 harder to understand but atmosphere is great

snare: 4.5/5 like a fairytale

goodbye, my love: 4/5 most realistic one 

scars: 2.5/5 dragged out too much 

home sweet home: 4/5 quite realistic and eerie

ruler of the winds and sands: 3.5/5 felt like something was missing, but read like a fairytale 

reunion: 4.5/5 heartbreaking

“no one asked us, when we were still nameless
whether we wanted to live or not 
now i wander the big city alone
looking in doors and windows 
waiting and waiting for something…”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Grief, Incest, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Self harm, Trafficking, and Murder

firuz's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

ash_is_reading_books's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

A brilliant collection of short stories! Emotive and haunting prose that brings forward powerful discussions into themes such as greed/capitalism, misogyny and trauma

Anyone who's looking for a dark yet delightful read will not be disappointed by this one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore