Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

96 reviews

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Torture, Confinement, Vomit, Misogyny, Gore, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

mementomoriiv's review against another edition

I read the first 4 stories, but started to get really overwhelmed with a sense of dread and also of extreme anxiety due to the dead animals and children. It's probably due to some stuff I am working through right now but it really hit a place that cause a lot of emotional distress.

The stories are really well written with interesting premises. Some are just emotionally draining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Sexual violence, Rape, Medical trauma, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Death, Blood, Confinement, Animal death, Incest, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

porshainielsen's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

I have always heard that this short story collection isn't very good/the stories don't make any sense. But, the cover literally has my heart so I read it anyway.

I am not typically a short-story girly, but these were actually a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the cursed bunny story and the few first stories. The last couple were definitely a fever dream, not making any sense type of business. I am pretty sure every story has some type of body fluids element, so if that is not your thing, definitely avoid it. Overall, I would read more from Bora Chung and I was not disappointed by this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Pregnancy

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A

4.0

This collection of short stories is so wildly disturbing, but I could not stop listening. Some ended on a reasonable conclusion, and others I was wishing there was more of an explanation. They’re at times grotesque and haunting. My jaw dropped to the floor multiple times.

Chung has the ability to leave you speechless and questioning why you picked up the book in the first place. I was enamored by Chung’s descriptive writing style from the very first story. If you enjoy horror, speculative fiction, and fairytales, then you’re in the right place, since this book is truly a mixture of all of these. 

I chose this for #TheDiverseBaseline May Prompt A: A book by an East Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Incest

harry_ballantyne7's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Torture, and Child abuse

issymaae's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Incest, and Suicide

mollylhartles's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.75

This book has f*cked me up. 
Read with caution

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, and Incest

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

The translation from Korean to English is a bit off at times. However, that does not dim the bizarre beauty of this collection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Pregnancy, Blood, Gore, Ableism, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Sexism, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Medical content, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Stalking, and Suicide

Be aware that there is characters slowly dying, hunger, starvation, c-sections, blood clots, mob violence, financial struggles, mentions of Nazism, and destruction of cities and families.

v_verdesoto's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Excrement, Infertility, Pregnancy, Death, Blood, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

fox_at_the_circus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

The short stories in this book are a really nice mix of magical realism, fantasy, scifi, horror. I enjoyed how every story brought you to its own world with its own characteristics. 
The different stories all adress and discuss trauma each in their own way and metaphors and within their genre, it was a really good read. I also appreciate, that in "Reunion" the narrator actually mentions trauma and what it does/can do to people. I don't see this direct mention a lot in horror stories, and it was a nice surprise while fitting into that story well. It also was a nice conclusion to the book, summarising the theme of this book at the end.
My favourite stories of this collection are "The Frozen Finger" for it's pure horror vibes that unfold throught the story, and "Scars" for main character and the growth he goes through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child death, Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, and Incest