Reviews tagging 'Death'

Out by Natsuo Kirino

67 reviews

sheabug's review

dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Gore, Body horror, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

sakisreads's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I’ve never put ‘It’s complicated’ to all of those questions above before 😂
In every turn of this book though, that’s how it feels. Masako, the ringleader, clearly goes through so many different phases and although there’s a real change in her character and a confidence that comes forth, it never felt easy to label. I suppose that is what makes it such a gripping read, is that every single character has their flaws and nothing is ever binary (good or bad) 😳

I actually really appreciated Kazuo and his struggle of ‘not assimilating’; I think Japanese society has a very big problem with ‘othering’ and that was very evident.

The descriptions in this book are VERY gory so if you feel a bit squeamish about blood etc., this one might not be for you 🥺 I’ll put content warnings below!

4 out of 5 stars from me! I was hooked until the very end! The end itself I was a bit disappointed by, but I still enjoyed the book in general ✨ Thank you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

s_lorenz's review

dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexism, Torture, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Blood, Body shaming, Death, and Sexual violence

peach0's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual assault

runefactories's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

started strong but ruined by the dogshit ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, Sexism, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Trafficking

gaiareadingbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, and Torture

perkyanda's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.25

This one was hard to rate because I really loved a lot of it…And then it went off the rails and had

this horrible weird ending that didn’t seem to fit with the whole beginning part of examining female interpersonal relationships and what can drive normal people to commit gruesome crimes. Like sexual Siam was a smaller theme earlier so I guess it’s not shocking that’s where it went, we saw it in multiple characters early on, I wasn’t expecting it to be the denouement.||

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Excrement, Gore, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Dementia, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual content

didyousayrysha's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Body horror, and Violence

shannonbauchat's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Fatphobia

linguaphile412's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Rape, Body horror, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity