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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon
41 reviews
martyrbat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and Kidnapping
Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
jetix's review against another edition
Graphic: Misogyny and Rape
lowclasswarrior's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
4.25
All the stories are quite dark. The titular one in particular is forlorn and grotesque, even downright chilling at times. AM is a very compelling villain. I can see how this story has influenced the scifi genre in its infancy.
There’s an overarching theme to all of his stories: highlighting the underlying darkness that is human nature. That being said: most of the women aren’t portrayed fondly. Sexual violence and name-calling are common. They're very much written by a bitter man scorned. However, these misogynistic men aren’t portrayed as likable either. If anything, it reads like a nihilistic and forlorn man projecting his self-hatred onto women.
To reiterate: these stories are divisive and misogyny is the dividing line.
Graphic: Death and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts
gwrhyr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Graphic: Misogyny
o_romeo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.25
Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
deeity's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Torture
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism
abicaro17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
livelaughomo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, and Torture
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, and Medical content
Minor: Racism and Suicidal thoughts
bsquiggle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder
memyreads's review against another edition
Finally, I made it to the actual story....and was quite disappointed. I couldn't get past the writing style first of all. Again, it was presented in an edgy, cringy fashion as if the main male char was the smartest, most logical, most athletic, most handsome person in the world. Which, story wise, could have been true as the only plot element I could gather was that some AI somehow, destroyed the whole world and there were only 4 characters left: our main Chad, a diabolical genius, a man damaged by radiation and the token blonde female. And this is what tripped me up, the way not only the characters but also the author treats the female char. There were so many misogynistic things said and done to this char that I won't repeat as I found it quite disgusting. It made the author come across as some extreme INCEL who was using this writing as some type of self inserted daydream scenario. Needless to say, I found this very off-putting and won't be returning to it.
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Sexism