Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Denizi Yitiren Denizci by Seçkin Selvi, Yukio Mishima

21 reviews

sadiaa's review against another edition

1.75

This whole review will contain spoileds because wth did I just read.

Very reminiscent of lord of the flies, with the gang of pre pubescent boys basically on their own (one of the boys parents are never home) and creating their own organisation with twisted rules and ideals. It's clear that the 'chief' has some twisted fantasies and the others just follow along to gain his respect and favour.

weird Oedipus complex, he peeks in on his mother when she's in her room naked. And also sees her when she's having sex. And then when this is found out, ryuji brushes it aside so the boy will like him? Make it make sense.

Graphic animal abuse and killing for their curiosity and fantasy.

Hypocritical values- resent their father's for being abusive and beating them but then resents ryuji for being 'soft and romantic'. 

I hated the

how the storys ending was left to interpretation. Does he die? Doesn't he?

It was hard to follow along to at times, I felt like there were so many weird tangents and I found myself skipping chunks of randomness to get back into the story.

All in all, really was not my type of story. I would not recommend this. It dragged and was a pain to get through.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

thursdd4y's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Sexual harassment

risemini's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

colyn117's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

virgoreading's review against another edition

Killing of animal (kitten) was not what I was expecting when going into this book. I won't be reading any further 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Misogyny, and Death of parent

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

this is exactly how I imagine those 'alpha male' podcasts will affect children


in all seriousness, it was very thought-provoking and unique, never have I come across something very similar to this. A tragic story, but what makes it even worse is that the boys' thoughts are not that much out of the ordinary, and people with mindsets like theirs do exist in real life. The writing was beautiful and compelling, surprisingly even in the sexual scenes — I've read much worse (Murakami...), this didn't even seem like it was written by a man (it's a compliment).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

madi_oasis's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Suspenseful and tense throughout, the world-building of this small, sleepy town in Japan was second to the sickening downward spiral of the MC as he grapples with grandiose ideas of masculinity and aggression. However, the level of gore and cruelty hits you like a freight train and felt way too gratuitous to find palatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

_grmlin's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

vilena's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder