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Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories by Junji Ito

40 reviews

daniellekat's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.25

So creepy but so good. I liked that none of the stories felt too long. I enjoyed the first half more than the second half but overall it was so haunting and the artwork was nightmarish (but in a good way!) My least favourite story was Greased, which was a little too gross for me, and my favourite was Hanging Blimp. I already have my eye on another Junji Ito collection, although I might have to read something light and fluffy first!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide and Bullying

angelsfw's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

faithlipka's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child death, Gore, Cursing, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, and Kidnapping

cursivewolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Suicide

ripxw's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

mydearwatsonbooks's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident, Child death, and Rape

Gross-out stuff, bugs, story that has pictures full of holes (for those who are trypophobic)

arinowasabi's review

challenging dark funny 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

4.5

I thought about these stories for days. FOR DAYS. I actually get uncomfortable thinking about Shiver still. 10/10 will reread for the squeamies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Body horror

satanita's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

goblingirlreads's review

dark 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? Yes

5.0

AHHH OBSESSION. I've heard amazing things about Junji Ito and I was NOT disappointed by this book of short stories. This felt like the adult version of the book of scary stories I had as a kid. It's truly disturbing stuff and so well drawn and plotted. The images just STAY in your head afterwards. They feel like the kind of stories you could tell around the campfire but the images add a whole new amazing layer. Overall, a phenomenal achievement and I'd love to read more!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

flamesocks's review

dark fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit