Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

6 reviews

bsquiggle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Murder, Body horror, Grief, and Misogyny

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

nelly_reads123's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Grief, Mental illness, War, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ruslan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

Interesting take on AI, especially given the time the short story was originally released. Very grim and bleak, the whole story is filled with a sense of hopelessness and despair through and through. Very enjoyable sci-fi/horror type of thing! Was a bit upset that it was so short but that makes it all the more impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, War, and Suicide

luckygriffin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

Jesus christ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Genocide, Racism, Addiction, Death, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Do not read unless you can handle extreme psychological horror. The plot is driven by the torture of the main characters, and is disturbing to read.

revolutionfrommybed's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Torture, Sexism, Body horror, Violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gore

This story is a hard read in general. It may well be one of the bleakest things I have ever read. The video game adaptation is worse. However, i truly believe if you are able to stomach the sensitive content, this book is definitely worth giving a chance.