Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

175 reviews

beccaruthe's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Murder

paulinskiii's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Abandonment

Just wtf. I don’t know what I just read but it’s fucked up. Excellently written but extremely fucked up

sinja_a's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Trauma galore. Painfully so. Unhinged for the sake of being unhinged. I understand why there are people enjoying this. I am not one of them. 
Please check trigger warnings. There is rarely something that fades to black. To go into this blind is not a good idea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

reedmorebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, and Cannibalism

rorunyon96's review

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

It takes so much for me to be thinking about a book for hours after I read it. This really got to me it messed me up...in exactly the way I want.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

mog261's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

this was the most demented book i've read for ages. i feel like i lowkey need therapy after reading it. it needs many, many trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

maissi's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

soinap's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

bekiethebanished's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

krispym's review against another edition

just a bit too dark for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment