Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

101 reviews

smellofoldbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The story is a little repetitive at first, but then unfolds in a great way. The horror is sometimes so exaggerated that it's almost funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Body horror, Mental illness, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, and Suicide

gatogato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

what the fuck did i just read. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Gore, Murder, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Body horror, Violence, Cursing, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, and Torture

nuorivegaani's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

snail / 5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Death

sandramarinis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing, especially the last 100 pages. I couldn't put it away! The illustrations too, just wow. Amazing horror dystopia!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Confinement, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Grief, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Body horror, Violence, Grief, Child death, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Confinement, Gore, Terminal illness, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

mancthulhu's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

brilliant amd stunningly horrifying - really beautiful both visually and narratively. Might regret finishing it late at night but I just couldn't help myself!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Violence

Minor: Stalking

micahhhh20's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gore, Car accident, Child death, Body horror, Death, and Blood

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Disturbing, gory, gruesome. This was a perfect read for book club because each chapter was more disturbing than the last and we all needed to check-in with each other, like, did I just see what I saw 😵‍💫

The body horror in this was extremely disturbing and I would proceed with caution while reading. We ended up reading 5 chapters/week, which was good because I needed that space to process each section.

Overall, another 5⭐️ winner from Junji Ito. I thought there was an interesting combination of cosmic horror and socio-political commentary. And each chapter packed a punch! I will not be the same after reading this one—the spirals will haunt me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Classism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Suicide, Blood, Gore, Bullying, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Murder, Cannibalism, Self harm, and Death of parent

chellyfishing's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Child death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

paloverdepages's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I went into this with high hopes, and I still enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to! I love Kirie, I don't think she's given enough credit for how much of a badass she is.

She goes through all these horrors, loses her family, hometown, and all the friends she makes along the way, and the whole time she stays kind and determined and levelheaded.

I have mad respect for her and I was rooting for her the whole time. Her boyfriend, Shuichi, also shines and I loved seeing them interact, especially in "Jack-In-The-Box."

I think "The Scar" is my favorite chapter. "Medusa" is high up there as well. Each successive chapter builds on things mentioned before. Details from earlier in the story come back into play in later chapters; it's fun to notice because you're rewarded for paying attention, and I appreciate how it really feels like you learn the information organically. 

Sometimes you just have to laugh as more and more absurd things keep happening, there are definitely some funny panels, but please mind the warnings! This is definitely horror and you see it all, really really not for the faint of heart!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Medical content, Violence, Car accident, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia