Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito

9 reviews

roskoff's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Classic Junji Ito. Interesting, unique horror plots drawn in a fascinating, grotesque way. Loved it and also it gave me nightmares. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

astrangewind's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I don't think I need to sing the praises of Junji Ito as a horror writer. This collection is exactly what you'd expect: gorgeous art, compelling characters, terrifying stories that leave you with a sour taste in your mouth. I finished this book in about an hour, and, despite not being a huge fan of horror, found it enjoyable. Ito's brand of horror does include some amount of gore, which is the easy answer as an artist, but much of his horror is more subtle, quieter, the kind of thing that scares the everliving shit out of you without resorting to pure shock value. The thing that mostly squicked me out was the Mary statue crying blood. 

I also appreciate his opportunity to use dissociative identity disorder as a plot device, and explicitly refusing to use it. It's a mark of a truly original artist to reject such harmful yet common tropes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Death, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

maximauve's review

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

m4rtt4's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

This one was milder with the gore, and while I was not primarily looking for blood and bodily horror, they probably would have made the stories more horrifying as the psychological horror felt milder too and overall I wasn't as creeped out as I usually am with Ito. Insanely skilled art and creative stories as always, but something was missing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity and Adult/minor relationship

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

doomluz's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Murder, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Terminal illness

evelphysicist's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Entertaining horror but not quite as impactful as Ito’s previous works in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Suicide attempt, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Infidelity

mswarning's review against another edition

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