Reviews tagging 'Death'

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

15 reviews

chelseeaa's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

bewitchingkelly's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

 Short story that does exactly what it sets out to do: sit and make you think about yourself, humanity, and life as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Sexism, and Torture

semisinful's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

The first time I ever read this book I was 14. Reading it again nearly a decade later, it’s still as gripping as it once was. I didn’t read it this time, I listened to the audiobook as read by Harlan Ellison himself and hearing how he reads it is wonderfully fascinating and fully drives the point home how warped and twisted the characters have become at the hands of AM. You feel the cruelty in every breathe, in every word he speaks. It’s so amazing what hearing an author narrate their work can do for that work. And especially when the work is as jaw droppingly well done as this one. Truly a masterpiece, 5/5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Gore, War, Murder, Sexual assault, Body horror, Torture, Death, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

gawdz0rz's review

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, and Gore

power_cpp's review

dark sad 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

4.75

It is a tale that is intriguing, strange, and hopeless. A story that is has the right amount of vagueness to feed into the imagination in the most horrible way. A defeat of humanity, but ending with a sad, small victory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Misogyny, and Sexual content

natalee_martino's review

challenging dark tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Gore, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence and Racism

gritsgritsgrits's review

challenging dark 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Death

marinapaso11's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Confinement, Genocide, Gore, War, Violence, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, and Murder

watermelleon's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Reason why I read this:

I had no book and I must read 

Feel pretty sick now ngl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Misogyny, Body horror, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

shortstacks's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism