Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Sputnik, mi amor by Haruki Murakami

28 reviews

baruss666's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

risemini's review against another edition

mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Sexual content

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

sagelikesscats's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.75

The magical realism is very well done and the writing is exquisite. The female characters are objectified but are complex.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Infidelity

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Grief, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent and Rape

kyoe983's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad 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

3.75

The definition of a good story. I'm not referring to Murakami's writing style, but to the quality of the tale itself. Murakami brought back successful tropes that he mastered in past novels before this one, however, the ending seems to me so well crafted that I don't mind the repetitiveness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence and Death

Minor: Rape

theotherallie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual assault

threeyearsaway's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

can't really tell if it's a 3 or 4 for me so i'm gonna keep it at a 3.5 for now :D

as always murakami’s obsession with sex and fantasizing is still very much apparent (i do think that some scenes were actually not so out of place this time), but i think he still hit the mark for me. i always really enjoy his stories for the magical and unexplainable thing in a seemingly ordinary world factor. despite some of the problematic factors they still intrigue me.

and bottom line it felt good to finally finish a story in less than a full week again lol 😰 not surprised it was a murakami book #GoIncels! 💯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

mushimush's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content

ourbrightplace's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

these people just feel so real, it’s rare to see authors write so casually about private scenes in one’s life. 
i would have been mad at the way the women was written but given that this book is in the perspective of K, it makes sense to me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

ad1t1s's review against another edition

mysterious sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content