Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

5 reviews

melodyseestrees's review

dark 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? No

1.75

This is a gore-filled book and has a lot of violence against women characters. The majority of the killer's victims are women somewhere between high school age and their thirties. The killer talks about sex with the dying bodies of women in a particularly grotesque manner.

He slits one woman's throat, exposes her vagina, tries to get another man to fuck her as she is dying and then ends up putting a severed ear inside her. He also rants about dead woman's "pussy being the best best" because "the brain is dead but the pussy is still alive so there is no resistance."

There is one man killed as brutally as some of the women. There are two other men killed but not much detail is given. There is a homeless person who also dies with details given via the news.
The killer's motives for their actions are lackluster and dissatisfactory.

The killer has no motives behind killing or whom he chooses to kill. He just kills.

The killer's backstory and skillset are also very lackluster.

He learned how to slit throats without them gushing blood from people in reform schools. Even though he was 4-7 years old when he attacked his mom, killed a swan, or killed two people that are never described in detail. Oh and he was also into black magic and hypnosis too, of course.

This is a story to read if you love gore, hate women, and aren't fussed about the details. This is not what I look for in horror and I think it should be categorized as Gore Porn or light Splatterpunk instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body shaming, Child death, Gore, Body horror, Fatphobia, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Torture, Animal death, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic friendship

The main character is in his twenties and dating a sixteen year old, at least one on-page victim is also a high schooler and may have been a minor.

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

risemini's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Gore, Death of parent, and Violence

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

reading_bear's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Vomit, Stalking, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm and Sexual assault