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Miażdżąca groza by Junji Ito

11 reviews

issymaae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Suicide, Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Cannibalism, Eating disorder, and Self harm

Minor: Stalking, Rape, and Sexual assault

laverna's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Cannibalism

Minor: Stalking and Sexual assault

lilybear3's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I haven't read all of the newer short story collections, but I have read a lot of his work.  This was the scariest collection of his that I've read recently.  I like his story collections that are contained and they're stories that don't necessarily connect with one another in the same book.  I'm a huge fan of Uzumaki and Gyo, but I love the short story format.  I did appreciate imagining Soichi as a grown person, I thought that was interesting.  He's the absolute master of the "page turn" jump scare.  I try not to read his work at night! 

The scariest stories for me were:  The Mystery of the Haunted House (both), Library Vision, and Death Row Doorbell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

ellenisntcool's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault

paperbackparker's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

First Junji Ito read!! 
I loved some of these stories, but others were just meh. Definitely intrigued to pick up more of his work though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Child death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, Vomit, Murder, and Torture

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Child death, Infidelity, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape and Misogyny

tazemu's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Self harm, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, and Suicide

sapphic_reader's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, and Self harm

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

donovarchive's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Some of these stories were pretty weak, although very unique. The art was, of course, masterful and I’m excited for more Junji Ito. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Minor: Sexual assault and Eating disorder

maddog33's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Kind of hard to categorize a collection of mostly one-shot horror shorts into measures that judge a book as a whole like the ones above. There were some that were better than others like the Souichi installments, Earthbound, and Smashed. There were others who fell a little flat for my tastes, but they weren't horrible. Overall, a very good collection of Junji Ito's works for anyone interested in horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Murder, Eating disorder, and Animal cruelty