Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

저주토끼 by Bora Chung

75 reviews

bugle's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

linalina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

frivilous's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Car accident, War, Vomit, and Death of parent

serotonone's review against another edition

dark mysterious relaxing sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Incest

demonxore's review against another edition

3.5

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

lillieslibraryy's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide and Incest

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

gloomiko's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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

Moderate: Incest and Excrement

Minor: Gaslighting

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

✨ Thrifted ✨

What a series of short stories! I’m skeptical of BookTok recommendations, so it took me a little while to buy this, but when I saw a pristine copy at the secondhand bookshop I knew I had to at least try. I’m so glad I did! 😳 

I’m squeamish at the best of times, but the imagery in this didn’t make me squirm (most of the time). I thought the ways in which the stories were written were so crystal clear. I kept putting it down, to absorb each story, then picking it back up almost immediately after because I was excited to keep going and was keen to get onto the next ✨

Here are my personal opinions:

Favourite: Cursed Bunny (the image of bunnies chewing everything and shitting everywhere made me laugh 😂)

Least favourite: Snare (the imagery in this one was a bit too intense for me)

Honourable mentions:

Goodbye, My Love (I love an AI/Klara and the Sun moment 😦)

I’ve already recommended this surreal and wonderful short story collection to my friend 🥰 I can’t wait to read more reviews 👏🏼

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Incest, Vomit, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Violence, Child abuse, and Death

_rowan_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Blood, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Vomit, Gore, Torture, and Violence