Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

45 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

✨ Thrifted ✨

What a series of short stories! I’m skeptical of BookTok recommendations, so it took me a little while to buy this, but when I saw a pristine copy at the secondhand bookshop I knew I had to at least try. I’m so glad I did! 😳 

I’m squeamish at the best of times, but the imagery in this didn’t make me squirm (most of the time). I thought the ways in which the stories were written were so crystal clear. I kept putting it down, to absorb each story, then picking it back up almost immediately after because I was excited to keep going and was keen to get onto the next ✨

Here are my personal opinions:

Favourite: Cursed Bunny (the image of bunnies chewing everything and shitting everywhere made me laugh 😂)

Least favourite: Snare (the imagery in this one was a bit too intense for me)

Honourable mentions:

Goodbye, My Love (I love an AI/Klara and the Sun moment 😦)

I’ve already recommended this surreal and wonderful short story collection to my friend 🥰 I can’t wait to read more reviews 👏🏼

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

rowanelisa'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

nileplin's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

idk if its supposed to be interpreted this way but i thought all the chapters were metaphors for modern day issues.. im not even sure what some of them were refering to maybe those were just stories yknow?
some of these stories were DISTURBING, but i liked the neutral chaos lol. i recommend if you wanna read something that will make u uncomfy in a comfy way

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Incest, Miscarriage, Vomit, Murder, and Pregnancy

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

caitlindoesntread's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

(Short story collection (10 stories): Horror, social commentary) Read this in four days. It possibly damaged me forever?? Some of the body horror descriptions are so grotesque that I literally felt sick. However, lots of the stories were written beautifully and at each twist I found myself pausing to think about the metaphorical implications or what real-life issue it could have been representing against the backdrop of a strange, scary, magical and suspenseful reality. Some of the stories I really enjoyed are "The Head, "The embodiment", The Frozen Finger" and "Snare". These were short, to the point and gripped me throughout the story. Some stories that I really did not enjoy were "Goodbye, my love", "Home sweet home" and "Ruler of the winds and sands. For the last two that I mentioned, I literally had no clue what was going on, especially in "Ruler of the winds and sands" and they were long, boring and repetitive. I neither liked nor disliked "Cursed bunny", "Scars" and "The reunion". Although "Scars" was WAY too long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Car accident, Alcohol, and War

mommarex1221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

micasa's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

buku ini berisi 10 cerpen dengan topik yg berbeda-beda dan beberapa di antaranya mengkritik isu sosial. mungkin Bora Chung tidak bermaksud utk memberi kritik pada hal spesifik yg terjadi di masyarakat, namun menurutku tulisannya berhasil menjadi ‘warning’ untuk pembaca.

sebagai pembaca juga, aku akan menuliskan review disini :

1. ‘Kelinci Terkutuk’ adalah pembalasan dendam akan suatu hal di masa lalu yg sulit utk dilawan. jadi, dipilihnya cerpen ini sbg judul buku memang cocok utk menarik perhatian pembaca. aku suka dg konsep cerita bahwa pembalasan dendam jg akan menyakiti diri sendiri.
2. buatku, ‘Si Kepala’ menjadi cerpen dg tema kritik sosial kpd orang² dg kuasa lebih atas seseorang. selama membaca, aku agak ngeri membayangkan sosok kepala & meski aku sempat memprediksi ending cerita, kisah ini ‘ngeri’ dg pertanyaan sosok tsb.
3. ‘Menstruasi’ tidak semengerikan yg aku kira krn fenomena ini pernah tjd kepadaku sbg perempuan, tapi tentu saja tanpa drama & akhir cerita yg mengejutkan semua orang. aku rasa, isu menstruasi wanita tdk menjadi hal yg tabu agar tdk terjadi miskonsepsi spt yg disampaikan cerpen ini.
4. ‘Jari-Jari yang Dingin’ membawaku ke tempat yg cukup horror sekalipun aku baca cerpen ini di siang hari. all about the feels, i must said. this is straight up giving you chills.
5. ‘Perangkap’ membuatku marah-marah seharian dan mengutuk perilaku tokoh fiksi yg minim akhlak, wah pokoknya silahkan baca sendiri & petik moral value-nya. 
6. ‘Selamat Tinggal Cintaku’ adalah kisah fiksi ttg robot & manusia yg aku yakin beberapa dari kalian tahu ini akan berakhir dimana tapi krn ini horror, iya ini cerita cinta yg seram. 
7. ‘Bekas Luka’ adl satu-satunya cerita yg membuatku merasakan mixed feeling. sejujurnya, saat membaca aku agak bosan krn cerpen ini lbh panjang dr yg lain & kisah ini juga mengingatkanku dg novela 'The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas' dr Ursula K. Le Guin, sangat mengerikan juga menyedihkan. 
8. ‘Rumahku Istanaku’ bikin emosi dan aku bersimpati dg tokoh wanita disini, selamat berjuang utk kehidupan yg lbh baik. semoga kamu kuat sampai akhir. 
9. ‘Penguasa Angin dan Pasir’ terkesan seperti dongeng tapi dg tokoh² & plot yg lebih realistis. tokoh wanita disini, juga hebat.
10. ‘Reuni’ adalah cerpen yg menjadi favoritku dan tiap² perenungannya terasa dekat dg rumah, karena senyatanya yg mengerikan adalah hidup & kita masih harus bertahan sampai akhir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: War

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, and Pregnancy

slimepuppy's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

A mixed bag of great, okay and mediocre short stories. Sometimes the stories hit the mark and sometimes they don't, but the author at least tries to bring something new with each story... most of the time, that is. Goodbye, My Love was boring, had an overplayed plot and a narrator devoid of any life or charm. 

Reunion was incredible, and definitely the best way to end this collection, despite being the most normal of the stories.

Best stories: The Embodiment, Cursed Bunny, The Frozen Finger (the only one genuinely creepy), Home Sweet Home and Reunion (so so sad!!)

Worst stories: Goodbye, My Love (it's been so overdone 😴) and The Head (the ending ruined it for me)

The rest is either okay or just not worth mentioning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy