Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

28 reviews

chloereadds's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Addiction, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

thereaderfriend'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

4.0

Truly a scary, gory book! This book had me all tensed up as I was reading it and had to take breaks bc it was so unsettling. Really liked it but didn't like how some characters seemingly learned plot details that were important from thin air. Also had weird pacing.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, Violence, Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Pregnancy

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

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

ashofadummy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Uzumaki is one of the best horror stories I've ever read. It develops perfectly, not too fast or slow, and it submerges you in the hell of a city the characters live in. The end is pretty intense, and with the pass of the characters, you start to be more concerned about what the hell is going on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, Mental illness, 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

naomidanae's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts