Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Tomie by Junji Ito

111 reviews

laverna's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Gore

vanniereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This is a collection of short stories all revolving around Tomie and how evil and narcissistic she is. I wonder if I would've enjoyed it more if it was more plot driven rather than a series of short stories that don't relate to each other for the most part. The artwork is beautiful and I appreciate that even though Tomie is a full blown seductress, she is not drawn to cater to the male gaze. Even though most of the stories are predictable because Tomie does what she always does, each story was still captivating in their own way and I kept wanting more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

immoralrite's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

dreamreader's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

My first attempt at Junji Ito, and while not my favorite, it certainly won't prevent me from picking up more of his work. The art was great, exactly as horrifying as I wanted and expected. The storytelling got boring and repetitive. If this had been a tight 300 pages, with only the best stories, I would have loved it. I think the author is doing something really clever with showing cycles of abuse and violence against women as the actual horror of this story. The commentary on beauty is important. The different stories in which Tomie sometimes "deserves" what she gets and sometimes doesn't reinforce that it doesn't really matter what women do or don't do: some men will find a way to hate and defile them regardless. These messages were strong, and I think would have been better in a shorter, punchier work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gore, Death, Murder, Body horror, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

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

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

beck_wreck's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content