Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito

6 reviews

maximauve's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Religious bigotry, Child death, and Body horror

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Suicide

bookishwondergoth'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

3.25

Beautiful artwork as always in Junji Ito’s wholly distinctive, freaky style. The stories themselves are a bit of a mixed bag, with ‘Weeping Woman Way’ being somewhat dull, ‘Madonna’ being a pretty interesting story and ‘The Spirit Flow of Aokigahara’ being downright bizarre.

The final story, ‘Slumber’, legitimately freaked me out. With this one, I got it: the dread of turning the page, the unsettling discomfort looking at the images, the dismayed horror and lurch in my stomach at the final panel. I’m writing this review at 12:30am and can already tell sleep is going to be a struggle. This final story alone warrants a full 5 stars, but the other 3 are so lacklustre that I can’t really bring myself to rate the whole book higher than a 3.25.

I really should stop reading Junji Ito’s standalone stories before bed. I’m usually totally ok with them for the most part but every now and then one will really, really haunt me. ‘Slumber’ is definitely one of them.

Absolutely love it though.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Grief

Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness

katndrsn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Child death, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, and Death

daniellekat's review

dark tense fast-paced

2.5

Another spooky collection but I didn’t love this one. I thought the plots were not super interesting, and predictably all the women were victims in some way. Something about this felt rushed and lacked the attention to detail I’ve seen in the author’s other work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide

mswarning's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

Have not read any of the author's other work, though the titles are familiar. Some of the stories are more predictable than others. There's a nice variety with the different types of stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Forced institutionalization