imlikesia 's review for:

Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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What does it mean to be human, and why does it matter? 

I would highly recommend Little Mushroom to anyone in a reading slump. It’s been a while since I read a book in one sitting, and I finished both volumes in less than 24 hours. 

Shisi writes uniquely and wonderfully. It was sad, really sad at times, but profound. It delves into themes of morality and makes you think about humanity in so many different ways. Heavy themes are explored in a subtle, ordinary manner, so it doesn’t feel overwhelming, until it does. 

I hope to read many novels like this one, but I’m not quite sure they exist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War