Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

18 reviews

jasminrain's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This is easily one of the strangest books I've read in my life. The content of the stories and where they are heading is completely unexpected and their content varies from reflective pieces to some of the most bizarre literature I have come across. There are absolutely amazing stories that break the boundaries of imagination, but also quite a few stories that just make you go "meh". I enjoyed parts of it but I don't think I'll return to the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Cannibalism, and Body horror

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death and Stalking

nicolinebl's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

Incredibly weird sometimes, but also wonderful and reflective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Body horror

Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, and Stalking

maggieoc_x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

Sayaka Murata is one weird girl....I like her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Stalking

elanuruysal's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Animal death, and Cannibalism

makoshark44's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

like any short stories collection this book has it’s good stories and not so good ones. i want to rate this higher just for life ceremony and the beginning stories in the book but there was a sense of lack that developed in the final few stories that shows it needed more work. this collection is thoughtful and very imaginative, not for those not looking for dark themes but really gave me a lot to learn about japanese class cultures and i would recommend the beginning and middle of the book to those who want imaginative short stories told exceedingly well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Cannibalism

lidia7's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

very gross and disturbing

i enjoyed these stories the most: Body Magic, Hatchling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Excrement, Vomit, and Body horror

Moderate: Stalking, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Animal death, Cancer, and Sexual content

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Eating disorder, and Incest

scruffie's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Probably not for everyone, but definitely for me. "Hatchling" in particular hit really hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Cannibalism

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, and Gore

Moderate: Death, Incest, Alcohol, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer, Acephobia/Arophobia, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Excrement, Homophobia, Stalking, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Animal death, and Blood

achedester's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Vomit, Blood, Death, Stalking, Cannibalism, and Sexual content

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, and Vomit

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Alcohol

Minor: Excrement, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Death of parent, Animal death, and Incest