Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tomie by Junji Ito

17 reviews

dani_aurora_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

yzer2468's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, Child death, Rape, Child abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Mental illness, Addiction, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Blood, and Body horror

aricbuckholt's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So this is definitely an interesting book. It moves along in an unusual manner, really setting things up towards the last third of the book. I did find it intriguing, but also very dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

anreid42's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Suicide, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Torture, Murder, and Death

ak97x's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Forced institutionalization

bibyabs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Torture

lordsnow's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcoholism

finnmiles's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

Junji ito never fails to make his work spectacular

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Body horror, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

patendude's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Body horror, and Mental illness