Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

1440 reviews

doramag's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Murder

camilamunoz's review

3.0

wtf… 
this book definitely carries similar themes as convenience store woman, what with the earthlings being obsessed with “the factory” aka societal norms, specifically in having babies and working in order to contribute to society. 
i have the same thoughts as when i read convince store woman: why is everyone so obsessed with the MC’s body and its ability to have a baby??? like mind your business people. 
with that said, this book was super weird. i can kinda forgive natsuki for what she did as a child,

considering her crappy home life,  experience with her teacher, and general child innocence,  bc she was just trying to take ownership of her body when no one would take her cries for help seriously. a child should never feel that any part of their body is “destroyed” or “killed” at the hands of an adult.

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i am less forgiving of her actions when she herself is a grown adult. cousin yuu doesn’t seem to have a mind of his own and the husband is just off the rails. the last chapter or so of the book is just a perfect example of mass hysteria between the 3 of them. 
i’m shocked to say the least, and given the circumstances, i can’t even be happy for natsuki and the fact that she finally

had full ownership of her body again.

def read the content warnings before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

r0seres's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I am obsessed with the writing style and the depiction of trauma and psyche

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Chapter 2 is especially triggering and graphic for many readers, I am not one to be sensitive but please research and proceed with caution

pocketegg's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Murder

lucymaj's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I'm surprised I liked this as much as I did. It was the saddest and most fucked up book I've read in a long time. But I enjoyed the themes around conformity and ignorance, and found the way the author explored them really interesting and often funny. It certainly made me think about my life, which is a marker of a great book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Murder

raccoonfoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Be careful. Take breaks from reading as you need them.

bmart's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Don't read this. Incredibly disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, and Cannibalism

nickileal's review against another edition

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

3.0

Such a strange strange book. I can’t even begin to imagine what the authors mind is like. I previously read convenient store woman and there were some similarities. Overall, this covers serious and deep topics such as trauma and sexual assault in a very funny and kid/childish tone. This could almost be mistaken for YA but it’s simply not the case. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Dysphoria

lambsy's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, and Murder

vicdonalds02's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism