Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

111 reviews

naa_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Body horror, Death, Blood, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Suicide, Incest, Car accident, Rape, Torture, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, and War

slkobza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Suicide

gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Good story collection, originally in Korean. The stories vary wildly from grotesque and gore-filled horror to slow stories of creeping horror. Mostly it seems like a theme this book generally runs with is survival at any cost, and what the consequences are when that comes at te expense of another person. 

As it is horror, definitely checking the CW is something people should do before jumping in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit and Suicide

Minor: Misogyny and Excrement

biscuitgale's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I usually steer clear of horror and short stories, so this wouldn't be my first choice of book, but I'm quite pleased I decided to read it. The stories are quite dark, confusing, and chilling that sometimes I rushed to end or had to put the book down altogether to take a break & process what I had just read. Some stories have surprising twists.

My favorite story was Ruler of Winds and Sands. It's also the most palatable story out of the book with the fewest horror elements. There are so many themes and complexities in these shorts that I'd like to give them all a re-read at some point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicide, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Incest and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, War, and Sexual content

_fallinglight_'s review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Torture, Confinement, Vomit, Misogyny, Gore, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? N/A

4.0

This collection of short stories is so wildly disturbing, but I could not stop listening. Some ended on a reasonable conclusion, and others I was wishing there was more of an explanation. They’re at times grotesque and haunting. My jaw dropped to the floor multiple times.

Chung has the ability to leave you speechless and questioning why you picked up the book in the first place. I was enamored by Chung’s descriptive writing style from the very first story. If you enjoy horror, speculative fiction, and fairytales, then you’re in the right place, since this book is truly a mixture of all of these. 

I chose this for #TheDiverseBaseline May Prompt A: A book by an East Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Incest

issymaae's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Blood, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Incest, and Suicide

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The translation from Korean to English is a bit off at times. However, that does not dim the bizarre beauty of this collection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Pregnancy, Blood, Gore, Ableism, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Sexism, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Medical content, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Stalking, and Suicide

Be aware that there is characters slowly dying, hunger, starvation, c-sections, blood clots, mob violence, financial struggles, mentions of Nazism, and destruction of cities and families.

spookyweirdo's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A short but challenging read. Some stories are thought provoking, others are strange, still others are truly weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Suicide

shewouldstay's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Excrement, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Car accident