Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Lovesickness - Liebeskranker Horror by Junji Ito

14 reviews

semisinful's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Junji Ito really is a master of horror. His ideas and his ability to execute those ideas are so flawless. I was a little disappointed by Tomie by Lovesickness, The Strange Hikizuri Siblings and the shorter works of The Mansion of Phantom Pain and The Rib Woman to all have unique ideas and characters. Despite lacking in scares, The Strange Hikizuri Siblings was darkly comedic in a way I didn’t expect and even the last story, which I’m not going to name because I was so surprised by it, it was really funny honestly. What a weird and fascinating guy Junji Ito is. Love this man. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Lovesickness - 4/5
The Strange Hikizuri Siblings - 2/5
The Mansion of Phantom Pain - 5/5
The Rib Woman - 3/5
Memories of Real Poop - 4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Excrement

cathh's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

convallaria_majalis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.25

Not The best Junji Ito. Uzumaki and Shiver still reign. The Main Story was good. The short Stories weren't my Cup of Tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

charlotteiisobel's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

frozenheartv's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

3.5 stars

For me this book is great. I have read almost all Junji Ito's books and this is one of his good ones. It's well-composed, horrifying and dark. It's pretty similar to "Smashed" style. However, i don't like it as much as "Fragments of Horror" or "Black Paradox". 

Recommended! The first story was pretty well-done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

urezia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

roxcollector's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

darquedreamer's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• 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

1.5

For Junji Ito being named the master of Japanese Manga horror, I expected more from this. The illustrations were amazing, but the story telling felt like a middle schooler wrote it. The stories were flat, barely made sense, and felt very immature. They were extremely heavy on suicide and self harm, and the gore and aforementioned situations were the only things that felt "horror" ish. I just didn't love this collection at all, besides appreciating the artwork. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

ambush3's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt