Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Cabinet by Un-su Kim

6 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

---

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

scifi_rat's review

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Plot: 3.75★
Prose: 4★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 4★/4.5★
Characters: 4★
Worldbuilding: 4★
Ending: 3.75★

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Suicide, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Cancer, and Animal death

exuberantlybuds's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Blood, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, and Fatphobia

plomm's review

challenging dark funny mysterious 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? No

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Body horror, Blood, Eating disorder, Excrement, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

emilylouise_g's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

The book focuses on “symptomers” - people who turn into something else, fall asleep for years, split in two, etc,

but as the book progresses we can see that they aren’t so much medical mysteries but rather people suffering from capitalism.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Fatphobia, Bullying, Body horror, Terminal illness, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Excrement and Eating disorder

Minor: Vomit

kateofmind's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Eating disorder, Excrement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, and Vomit

Most of the trigger warning content is in the latter part of the book. Skip the restaurant scene (which depicts a weird form of bulimia) and the scene after the narrator is tasered. You won't really miss any plot points.