Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Tomie by Junji Ito

29 reviews

caseylovett's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Self harm

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

el_wheel's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Self harm, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Torture, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Child death, and Confinement

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Incest

darknesshazard's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Manipulative women already scared me. This did a good job of scaring me anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Death, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Cannibalism

cowboylikestoread43'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Blood, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Stalking, Confinement, Pedophilia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Self harm

noahhalmrast'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Self harm

laurenmcglamery's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

3.5

What. The. Hell. 😅

Manga is out of my range of genres, but I received this book in a mystery book exchange at NYE 2022 (heading into 2023). The mystery book description was “a collection of heartwarming stories about a very normal girl.” It is not. 🤣

The art is INCREDIBLE! I can’t believe how detailed each page and panel was! 

However, with each story, this shit got more and more violent and gory and wild. 

CW: murder, suicide, beauty standards, sexism, inappropriate adult-child relationships

It got rough. 😰

Overall, this is an incredible creation and Junji Ito is brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Blood, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infertility, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Body horror, and Alcoholism

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

asipofcozy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

First Junji Ito work I have ever read, and it definitely won't be the last! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Torture, Suicide, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Grief, Child death, Cannibalism, Violence, Self harm, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

zone_a3'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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, and Stalking