Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

46 reviews

luciawolfie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have been dreaming spirals after finishing this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

bunnypez's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

emilylikesbread's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

Interesting story with lots of disturbing  imagery. The back half had some slower moment but overall it’s an enjoyable story if you like creepy/horror stuff

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

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

wintah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

creeped me out like hell but also really loved it (but don't read it when it's dark lmao)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma and Pregnancy

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

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Blood, Gore, Murder, Medical content, Death, and Pregnancy

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

qi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.75

spiraled out of control, spiraled into madness, as this developed it was only a downward spiral and other spiral jokes that i need to get out of my system

i love a wholesome sibling relationship even if

it ends with the brother becoming a snail which was probably the most devastating part of this story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, Self harm, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

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