Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon

18 reviews

momo_1237's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Suicide, Torture, and Gore

nbhefner's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Dark horror about a machines hatred for humanity.  cogito, ergo sum 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Confinement, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Gore, Murder, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexual content

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Colonisation, Body horror, Death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, War, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

moongelli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

AM

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Self harm, and Infidelity

erco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Sexual violence

cpardub's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.0

Read this because of a trivia question, and found Ellison’s style very strange. Sci-fi, yet poetic, and with a lot of 2D female characters. It was okay. I liked the titular story and only read the rest to appease my inner completionist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity

dvnngyn's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Body shaming

Minor: Rape

ferns_citruscorner_8's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

A shitty book, but interesting to think about. This guy must've felt like he did something amazing and revolutionary when writing these stories. It's a product of it's time (be aware!) Nothing truly is disturbing. I kinda felt myself connecting with AM more than anyone else. Yea, there's way more better sci-fi stories out there with actual thought-provoking subjects and complex view points.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death, and Misogyny

Minor: Torture, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Suicide

laraloops's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

Dark and challenging - it leaves an unsettling feeling in the pit of your stomach. I can't recommend it more! A great horror short story that I am excited to try out the video game adaptation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content

backyardjake's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense

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

3.5

I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream:
Frightful future becoming more and more plausable as countries move towards using Super Intelligent AI for purposes of war. Personal interpretation altered to Ellison's words on the story in his accompaning memoir. I indeed did not notice Ellen was specifically black nor did I come away hopeful with the ending, but his words on the matter did change my outlook for the better.

The other stories:
All equally disparging to the human race and it's lowness. I would find it hard to see the bright side in these stories as the author means for the reader to in the first one. Except perhaps for the space circus, which is more sad than it is messed up like the others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism