Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

90 reviews

poempelnator's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Dark and twisted short stories with some fiction, some feminism, some feces, some torture and a lot more.
And (for me) lots of horror (like really body horror right on the first short story) and that's not fully my jam. 
I found some story's amazing and others really not, but overall interesting. So 3.5 is the middle ground for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abortion, Medical content, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Cursing, Sexism, Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Animal death

pancakes_alison's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Honestly this collection of stories was so good, I absolutely loved how well written/translated it was. I loved how I was able to release almost every emotion while reading this, I love how it makes you think and imagine things you never thought you would. 

This book has made me become a fan of dark fantasy realism  short stories. I fell in love with this book as soon as I read the first line of the first story ‘The Head’. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Incest, Violence, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Car accident, and Death

yanbee's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

laffi's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Vomit, Physical abuse, and War

whitne_ey's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide

zeegy's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I can tell part of this book has a bit of a cultural wall I can't break through. Some stories shined regardless of that but others felt like a story told to me in passing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Excrement, Blood, Incest, Sexism, Medical trauma, Body horror, Vomit, War, Rape, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Medical content, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

siobhanward's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

I saw another reviewer describe this book as "grotesque" and like honestly that's pretty accurate. It was a fun and definitely disturbing read. The stories were interesting and well-written, although I found that some dragged more than I would have liked them to. The commentary on the role of women that wove through so many of the stories was interesting and will definitely be something that I sit with for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, and Blood

splatteredbastard's review against another edition

i’m just so bored. i’m not shocked or disturbed. the stories seem so anticlimactic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Violence, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Body horror, and Death

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Excrement, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Vomit, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Child death, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, War, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Infertility, Incest, and Rape

skitch41's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

One of the creepiest boos I’ve ever read with quite a few problematic plot devices. However, this is one of the best short story collections I’ve ever read. The quality of the stories never dipped and they always had a unique twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Body horror, Death, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Child abuse