Reviews tagging 'Torture'

저주토끼 by Bora Chung

53 reviews

hazardpossum's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Some of the warnings may have less but i dont remember how much is of what so i put it all on the most graphic. The way she describes things and reveals elements is chilling. Kept me horrified yet intriguied i couldn’t stop. The stories were all perfectly long enough to get across what it was without overstaying it’s welcome. Each of them very unique and making me feel lots of different things. I only bought it bc i saw it in store and read the first page which was just ‘haha speaking toilet thing’ and thought it would be funny. But i’m glad it was so much more than that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

pipettesandpages's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Suicide and Car accident

almostqualified's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Excrement

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Incest, Sexual assault, and Vomit

naa_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Incest, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, and War

bookforestsprite's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

Alles in allem hat mir der Band an Kurzgeschichten sehr gefallen. "Der Kopf", "Der Fluch des Hasen", "Narben" und "Herrscher über Wind und Sand" haben mir besonders gut gefallen, die letzteren beiden hatten tolle märchenhafte Elemente, die sie aber doch interessant unterwanderten. "Die Falle" war sehr verstörend, aber toll. "Der Eisfinger" und "Das Wiedersehen" hab ich abgebrochen – zu wirr oder langweilig.

Die Übersetzung könnte durchaus geschmeidiger sein. Besonders bei den Geschichten, die ins Fabelähnliche gehen, hätte man den Ton besser anpassen können.

Lektorat durchwachsen – viel zu viele Kommas überall.

Insgesamt eine Sammlung außergewöhnlicher, interessant verstörender Kurzgeschichten.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Incest and Toxic relationship

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

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

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: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, and Violence

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

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

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, and Stalking

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.

olliepopop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Incest