Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Liminal Zone by Junji Ito

21 reviews

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

laird_br0wn3's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Religious imagery that may potentially offend

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

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

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

ekern1991's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Violence

meaghanelizabook's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

blackcatkai's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

CW: blood, violence, suicide mentioned (not really on page), body horror

the last one was my fave, slumber. this collection features 4 works that Ito made during the first year of C19 lockdown in 2020. the afterward about his experience writing them and having a bit more freedom with length due to their originally being released though the Line Manga App was neat! I learned a new thing about serialized manga, always fun. not my all-time fave, but still a good addition to his collection of work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Suicide and Terminal illness

chloesnotscared's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

katiemack's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Another Junji Ito worth reading. He notes that these stories were first serialized on LINE, which gave him more freedom--I could see that in his stories; I felt like he jumped around more in terms of subject and tone, and his art feels more vivid. Standouts include "Weeping Widows," "Madonna," and "Slumber." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Violence