Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Uzumaki Deluxe: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

69 reviews

mir_frog73's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, and Pregnancy

yogomagpie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

My first Junji Ito read and I really enjoyed it. Probably one of the grossest and bizarre things I’ve ever read. I really love Ito’s technical skill and how he draws his  characters, scenes, and the body horror—some panels genuinely scared me, and I’m the type of person who doesn’t jump at jump scares in horror movies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Cannibalism, Death, Child death, Car accident, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Cursing

anjalirenee'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

terrifying and disturbing ! i also love how junji ito always includes a little story about himself at the end i always look forward to those. anyways stepped on Lovecraft's neck and broke it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Child death, Confinement, Body horror, Gore, and Medical content

kakeyame's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Torture

Minor: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Addiction

revolutionfrommybed's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Death, Child death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

2/33 for my 2022 TBR!
CW: body horror, gore, insects, parental death, child death, abuse, bullying, cannibalism (ish??)

Junji Ito never met a body he didn't want to horror.

Similarly to Tomie, I feel some kind of way about how so many of these adult men treat Kirie, who is a child. But on the other hand - visuals cannot be beat!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Bullying

corleone's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Animal death

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

effys's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

I read this book in pretty much one sitting and it was absolutely wild. I looked into body horror books after loving a few other body horrors and this book kept coming up and it was incredible. This book is disturbing and gruesome and definitely not for the faint of heart but I loved ever second of it and didn’t want to put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Pregnancy, and Murder

graceeland's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Torture, and Violence