Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

22 reviews

thursdd4y's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Grief

risemini's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Grief

blackbegonias's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Gore

arj_51's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I still don't know what to make of this book. On the one hand it's a beautifully written and a really fascinating study of masculinity, as a boy idolises a sailor who embodies his ideal of rugged cold-hearted masculinity, and the sailor who has felt disappointed with that life and wants to leave it behind. On the other hand, it is insanely fucked up and a heavy read. It's also hard to know what to make of it knowing Mishima has his own very complex political leanings so I can't quite tell if this is a critique or an endorsement of the toxic masculinity present in the book. 

Regardless, it's really stuck with me and I think I gained some insight into the nebulous concept of masculinity from it, so I'm glad I've read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, and Animal death

colyn117's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

naeunida's review against another edition

Horrific and grotesque animal abuse scene

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Gore, and Torture

There’s a horrific and grotesque scene which involves a child beating a kitten to death

jimenagarcia's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Gore

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Sexism, and Violence

madi_oasis's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Suspenseful and tense throughout, the world-building of this small, sleepy town in Japan was second to the sickening downward spiral of the MC as he grapples with grandiose ideas of masculinity and aggression. However, the level of gore and cruelty hits you like a freight train and felt way too gratuitous to find palatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

kyoe983's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I need to get around to re-read this because it's just one of those books that stuck with me regardless of what I was going through. It has a presence like it silently stares at me in the back of my head. A world-view-changing Novella, but that only if you relate to the situation and ideology that Noboru or Ryuji present.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Death