Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

7 reviews

jordanpmck's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Animal death, Murder, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Cannibalism, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Rape, and Classism

dzidzigerica's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Vomit, Violence, Death, Blood, Body horror, Stalking, Gore, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Dysphoria and Fatphobia

Minor: Death of parent

scumbear's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Gore, Body horror, Stalking, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Murder, Animal death, and Vomit

theangelssing's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

it was an intriguing book at first, but past the middle it was really confusing and the end? I don't know how to feel about this book, it was long for nothing at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

ivan_tw's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Tense and vicious, I couldn't put it down. An intense horror story that still had a lot to say about the world and the people that inhabit it. It's interestingly structured - the plot basically ends 2/3 of the way through, and the remainder of the novel is just the characters having an almost philosophical dialog that reframes everything that came before it. Still it remained gripping until the very last sentence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

willberry2's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Xenophobia

stargazeartist's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Minor: Excrement, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, and Vomit