Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

La strana biblioteca by Lorenzo Ceccotti, Haruki Murakami, Antonietta Pastore

19 reviews

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

dark mysterious

4.0

This is quite possibly the strangest short story I have ever read…but I loved every minute of it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

kedepokan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

talle's review against another edition

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

valentino18's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.25

This is my first murakami book, I got to say I’m excited to read the others. Though I will say this story creeped me out and it was sad. Love the writing style though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

ollie_again's review against another edition

dark 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? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Gore, Torture, and Blood

alsoapples's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Cannibalism

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent

serenfletcher_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Surprisingly dark for a children's book and I loved it. My introduction to Murakami's work, thus book had ignited an interest in magical realism within me; I look forward to reading his other works.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Cannibalism

Minor: Death of parent

kohmmonkoh's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

emi1111iiii's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was so heart-wrenchingly beautiful, highly reccomend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Torture, Death of parent, and Abandonment