Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

77 reviews

seawarrior's review against another edition

dark reflective

5.0

The stories held within Cursed Bunny are blisteringly cruel and terribly beautiful. They are horrors, myths and fairytales that reflect the sharp teeth of grief and the scars of survival. I have never read anything quite like these stories and could never imagine one similar to them if I tried. Chung is a brilliant writer and inventor of fables, and I look forward to reading more of her work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

poempelnator's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Dark and twisted short stories with some fiction, some feminism, some feces, some torture and a lot more.
And (for me) lots of horror (like really body horror right on the first short story) and that's not fully my jam. 
I found some story's amazing and others really not, but overall interesting. So 3.5 is the middle ground for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

yanbee's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

laffi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

whitne_ey's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

bookishraccoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Wide variety of stories ranging from horror to fantasy, amongst alittle sci-fi in the mix. Some stories better than others! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Suicide, Torture, and Excrement

Some graphic scenarios that may make it alittle uneasy for some readers! The 1st story was alittle much in my opinion lol

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and War

skitch41's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

One of the creepiest boos I’ve ever read with quite a few problematic plot devices. However, this is one of the best short story collections I’ve ever read. The quality of the stories never dipped and they always had a unique twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism

bugle's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

linalina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail