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Piercing by Ryū Murakami

16 reviews

nicoleanthony's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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catadelrio's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.5

Siento que tenía una muy buena premisa, pero la desperdició al final. Hubiera preferido que fuera un poco más largo y
alguno de los dos hubiera matado al otro. Eso habría sido más interesante, pero no, terminó en un final abierto sin sentido para mí.
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thatpansyboy's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.75

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hyphanym's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

In love with this style. It felt aggressive and pointy like the look of an ice pick. Guy keeps wanting to stab his baby due to a past event so he plans to stab a prostitute instead but he chooses a prostitute that's loosing her shit on drugs and it's chaotic and frantic and I have aphantasia but I felt this book so easily that I might as well have been there to witness it all. 
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phinnner's review against another edition

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challenging 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

3.5

really enjoyed the pacing and build of of the story. Was sucked in and finished 90% of the book  in 2 days. Fir the most part, this book was exactly what I was expecting and wanted

But I found the ending extremely underwhelming. 
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mabelstulips's review against another edition

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dark sad 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

4.75

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rkragsdale's review against another edition

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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? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i really enjoyed this read although i did think it was going to be a bit more gorey. once I realized it was less slasher and more psychological it really really grew on me. the characters are insane but i kind of love them ? they are NOT loveable. they need sever psychiatric help. but i love them.
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mossroot's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Taking about 2 hours to read, Piercing was amazing. As a fan of the psychological horror genre, Piercing will leave you thinking about it constantly. Read in borderline one session I was unable to put this book down. 
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bialosqrska's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

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

4.5

I really enjoyed the flow of this story. It's disturbing, of course, but not unnecessarily. The disturbing thoughts or descriptions feel like realistic thoughts a person in this situation may have experienced. I definitely made a face and tensed up at the thought of some actions, but nothing it's not a gore-fest or written with the intent of making the reader so uncomfortable that it becomes unbearable. It's disgusting in more than one way and it makes you reconsider whether or not you really know anybody. 
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