Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito

23 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review

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

xwritingstoriesx's review

dark 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

4.5

While this isn't my favourite from Junji Ito, I really appreciated the unique concepts coupled with his eerie artwork and the utilisation of page turns for jump scares. My favourite of the collection, Slumber, follows a young man who believes he is committing murders during his sleep. I loved the final plot twist and the ambiguity of it, which i felt amplified the horror of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Gore, Blood, and Death

Minor: Infidelity

physicalsecrets's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Grief, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

petitemass15's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

akira_outofthegravity's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Honestly, in the afterword Junji Ito wonders if he’s running out of ideas, but I think this is some of his best work yet! 

I really liked Slumber and Madonna. Very good, not disappointed!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

daniellekat's review against another edition

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

saint_eleanor's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this one, the spirit flow story was so creeeeepy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Gore

Minor: Pedophilia

kyxshi's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5 stars. This is honestly a pretty solid story collection and it really worked for me. I was going to give it 4 stars but something that I think was a Logan Paul joke bumped my rating up half a star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

monastery_berry's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

charlotteiisobel's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror