Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

12 reviews

aude's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Vomit and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, and Pregnancy

cecinamo's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

This was such a good book! It was so beautifully written and

Spoiler

I really liked how the ending wasn’t the classic “happy end” but you could still tell that the mc had grown as a person.

. It also had very sad parts ;^;… I think the mc was really likeable and relatable, I enjoyed reading the book from her perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

josefineisreading's review

challenging emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Infidelity

ruthjenkins's review

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Vomit, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Sexism

robinks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

My first Kawakami! The story reminded me a bit of Murakami: beautiful descriptions of scenes, interesting philosophical questions, and a protagonist who is very passive. It was refreshing to have a female protagonist though, and I liked the commentary on feminism presented through Fuyuko’s interactions with and about Hijiri.

Spoiler

Fuyuko and Hijiri initially had a bit of a romantic connection, and I would’ve loved to see that fleshed out. I was a little disturbed by the final argument between Fuyuko and Hijiri and how they became friends from that, and the age gap between Fuyuko and Matsutsuka creeped me out. I was also pleased to see Fuyuko’s growth at the end, but it felt rushed, especially with the time skip that we didn’t get to see.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcohol, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Fatphobia

kianga_black's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Sexism, Mental illness, Rape, and Car accident

Minor: Death

spogboy's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

only flaw is that hijiri and fuyuko dont end up together (romantically)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Car accident

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

emisbooks's review

dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

start was slow as hell. was massively bored of all the dialogue at multiple points. picked up in the middle and i started to enjoy it more.

Spoiler

the ending was so unsatisfying. why would you build up a whole relationship to then destroy it all because mitsustuka was apparently a fraud? BS if you ask me especially because it seemed so out of his character for him.

average book overall. i enjoyed being inside the head of a character who felt isolated, but the ending ruined everything for me. 3.5 stars :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

m4rtt4's review

reflective slow-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

2.75

I really loved Breasts and Eggs, but this book did not do it for me. I usually like books with vague plots, but this one lacked the (emotional) depth that needs to happen inside the characters (if the outside is excluded). I can often come up with a bunch of adjectives to describe a book, but this one I can only describe as reflective (out of the choices given). Some scenes were (and still are) vivid in my mind, the protagonists nightly walks above all.  A proofreader's pov was an interesting take on reading books as well. Struggled to get through this, but I thought it'd get more intense and/or deep on the way (it almost did). Such a perfectly tied ending was not very necessary for a story of this kind. I'm not giving up on Kawakami though, I'll still check (and read) her future works! Not every book can be as good.

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(also, Fuyuko's "only time she had sex" was a straight up rape and no one addressed it. I hated the scene, but I hated it's handling even more.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness