Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Cabinet by Un-su Kim

57 reviews

ginbat's review

5.0

Maybe I’m being too generous with a 5/5, but even with the ending I’m just a sucker for a strange book, and this book was strange. Villa incognito vibes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Fatphobia, Death, Body horror, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Confinement, Body shaming, Excrement, Bullying, and Addiction

Torture at the very end but it’s pretty hardcore:

main character gets his fingers and toes cut off

bullying a gal from the middle and on about her being ugly/quiet/fat

ancestrallizard's review

challenging dark funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Alcoholism

Minor: Misogyny

lindshilde's review

adventurous challenging dark

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Body horror

snowdropdaisy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Fatphobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Body horror, and Torture

economydreams's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Fatphobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Chronic illness

slvq's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Torture

othersociologist's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Minor: Suicide

courtney_scott1025's review

dark 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

4.5

I enjoyed this book! I loved the twists, the writing, the life lessons thrown in. I can't stop thinking about how everyone has a different internal clock and what that means. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Torture, and Blood

zbonetti's review

mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture