Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Coelho maldito by Bora Chung

133 reviews

skitch41's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism

bugle's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault

linalina's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

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

serotonone's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Incest

miniatureghosts's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The head: 4.5/5⭐️ disgusting but weirdly entertaining, I can’t believe I was low-key agreeing and sympathising with the talking shit head at the end, well written mummy issues™️
The embodiment: 4/5⭐️
Cursed bunny: 4.5/5⭐️ one of the stand outs, love a good revenge story
The frozen finger: 3/5⭐️ I didn’t fully get it
Snare: 3/5⭐️ definitely the most horrifying story of the bunch and it put me off reading for about a month, did what it came to do but it drags on for too long
Goodbye my love: 3.5/5⭐️
Scars: 2/5⭐️ drags on for way too long
Home sweet home: 2.5/5⭐️ this was the most forgettable story of the lot
Ruler of the winds and sands: 4.5/5⭐️ this is like a dark fairytale but with non typical gender roles
Reunion: 2.5/5⭐️ again I don’t think I fully understood this one, somewhat forgettable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror

Moderate: Incest, Rape, Suicide

keejaymarie02's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I liked some stories more than others.. some were really slow and tough to get through, which could be due to the translation. Most, if not all, had a message behind the story and were very thought provoking. Some of the stories definitely felt like there were some loose ends that could've been tied up better, but I guess that adds to the mystery of it. Overall, a pretty decent book and I can see myself reading it again, maybe just skipping over my least favorite stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

demonxore's review against another edition

3.5

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

lillieslibraryy's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual assault

Minor: Incest, Suicide

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

gloomiko's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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“Cursed Bunny” es una colección de diez historias cortas supernaturales de horror. Este libro es el debut literario de Bora Chung, una escritora coreana que definitivamente voy a estar hojeando porque quiero leer más de ella. Las historias son muy variadas, aunque todas siguen más o menos la misma fórmula, y al final te acabas esperando algún plot twist. Mis favoritas, en orden:

★★★★★ “The Head.”,

muy buen comienzo, da mucha ansiedad y claustrofobia. No voy a volver a ver mi baño de la misma manera.

★★★★★ “Scars.”,

creo que es mi favorita especialmente porque el comienzo es una buena analogía de traumas infantiles. Es el personaje con el que más he empatizado y la única historia en la que he llorado. Me habría gustado que tuviera un final feliz :(

★★★★☆ “Cursed Bunny.”

muy interesante pero no he llegado a empatizar con la mayoría de personajes. Es una de las más turbias y creo que tiene una buena moraleja. Me ha llamado la atención la frase “when we make our cursed fetishes, it’s important that they’re pretty”.

★★★★☆ “The Embodiment.”

muy turbia, provoca mucha ansiedad. Como mujer, he tenido un nudo en el estómago durante todo el capítulo, es totalmente el tipo de pesadilla que tendría.

★★★★☆ “Reunion.”,

triste desde principio a fin, buen relato para acabar el libro con un nudo en la garganta.b

★★★☆☆ “Snare.”

abuso, incesto… es interesante el tema de la maldición y cómo la codicia vuelve a las personas “inhumanas”.

★★☆☆☆ “The Frozen Finger.”

me dio bastante ansiedad y claustrofobia el imaginarme a la chica hundiéndose en el barro atrapada en su coche sin poder ver nada, pero se pierde un poco entre los otros relatos. También me dio penita, lo último que escucha antes de morir son reproches de la voz que creía que la iba a salvar.

★★☆☆☆ “Goodbye, My Love.”,

también triste, me recuerda un poco a “The Head”. El tema de los IAs uniéndose es interesante pero un poco típico. Además la mc es lesbiana, creo?

★☆☆☆☆ “Ruler of the Winds and Sands.”,

triste, las traiciones son lo que más ansiedad me da :( me dio mucha pena lo que sufre por el príncipe. Vuelve a entrar en el tema de la codicia, pero la porción del desierto es muy larga.

★☆☆☆☆ “Home Sweet Home.”

larga, demasiados personajes sin nombres que se me iban mezclando mientras leía. El final me gustó, fue inesperado y un poco triste, pero el resto de la historia no me entró muy bien.

En general me han gustado todas las historias y me ha abierto la curiosidad por leer más historias cortas, creo que es lo que mejor me viene para lo mala que son mi atención y mi memoria. La ambientación es magnífica, turbia y claustrofóbica.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Excrement

Minor: Gaslighting