Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

90 reviews

linalina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Antisemitism, Dementia, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Abortion, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, War, Kidnapping, and Vomit

frivilous's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Car accident, War, Vomit, and Death of parent

serotonone's review

dark mysterious relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Body horror, Torture, Suicide, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Confinement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Incest

manuelac's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, Blood, Body horror, and Misogyny

Minor: Excrement

miss_hva's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Body horror

demonxore's review against another edition

3.5

The final story, titled "Reunion," was the crown jewel of this collection. The rest are also pretty good! I would recommend this set of stories to those who like offbeat contemporary short fiction.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Pregnancy, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, and Vomit

mfrisk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Out of this collection I enjoyed Goodbye my love, cursed bunny, and the head. The rest of the stories fell flat for me. This collection felt like it didn’t know whether it wanted to go fully into the weird horror and science fiction depths or into a morality tale and therefore for me it didn’t get at either of these areas very well. The translation also I think made some of the stories feel a bit stilted in certain parts though you could usually get at the central themes. Overall I wanted to like this a lot more than I actually did and it took me awhile to get through despite the short length. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Body horror, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

talonsontypewriters's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Child abuse, Confinement, Pregnancy, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Self harm, War, Excrement, Grief, Animal death, Gaslighting, Torture, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Incest, Vomit, Sexual content, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

Menstruation ("The Head," "The Embodiment").

yeesh97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, and Gore

insoliet's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? N/A

4.0

I must say, this entire book is like a nightmare that comes to life on the pages. It's full of nonsensical yet eerie stories that will have you gasping for breath in every chapter.

My personal favorite is "Scars." Though the ending left me a bit confused, I was pleased with the length of the story, and I was truly impressed by the author's ability to build tension slowly but surely, culminating in an unforgettable twist at the end. If only we could have more pages for this chapter!

Overall, reading this book was an enjoyable and captivating experience for me. I managed to read more than 100 pages in just one hour, which is a testament to the book's gripping nature. There were, however, a couple of chapters that felt somewhat out of place, but the author's storytelling skills ensured that I was still engrossed in the tale.

I can see why "Cursed Bunny" was hyped up so much back then, and I'm glad I finally got around to reading it. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone looking for a thrilling horror read. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it's one of the most mind-bending books I've ever encountered!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, and Pregnancy