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Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

89 reviews

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

erickauribe's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

The writting is incredible, and it was interesting to see the different POV on why the people act the way they do, and how we justify or give meaning to our lifes. A lot philosophical ideas were thrown into the narrative.

Spoiler

However, the bullying scenes were a bit too harsh to read, I understand the meaning of these scenes, it was just hard to go through

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

kkryrak's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Violence, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

ferretfaculty's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, and Violence

junzoin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

honestly, i love the first half of the book a lot. it was painful and really eye opening to bullying until i got to the second half where everything got way too uncomfortable for me to handle. the ending to me was pretty unsatisfactory as well but overall i would still recommend this to others just because of how eye opening it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Bullying, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

andellabella's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

La prosa de Mieko es muy especial de leer a pesar de ser un libro corto terminas queriendo a los personajes.
Son tristes y tensas las escenas explicitas de bullying de las que se relatan.
Es fascinante la conversación del significado o importancia detrás de lo que hacemos y cómo reaccionamos y la falta de consideración que los jóvenes tienen (o tenemos) en lo que los demás sienten. Y me hizo cuestionar mucho si es la naturaleza del ser humano reaccionar con violencia a lo desconocido o descargar tu enojo en los demás solo porque quieres. 
Nunca vieron Heaven juntos :,)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

o3ovin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

The strength of this novel lies in its  character’s interpersonal relationships or lack thereof. Humanity seeps through every page, even when the novel makes you question if that’s a good or bad thing.

This is an amazing quick read that manages the careful balance of asking questions about life, death, and morality while being told through the perspective of a child believably.  I would highly recommend checking the trigger warnings before picking it up as it does get incredibly heavy at some points. I will definitely be reading more by Mieko Kawakami.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Ableism, Cursing, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent and Classism

realcharliekelmeckis's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Minor: Blood

tarnya_smith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This is not the kind of book I thought it was going to be. It was a lot darker and violent than I first thought. We follow too extremely bullied students and their bond over being the outcasts who are trying to find meaning in their unfair targeting. This pushes them to even further extremes as they seek comfort in one another.

I enjoyed this book in as much as I'm intrigued with translated fiction and the themes of bullying in Japanese school seem extreme but there are many things I didn't enjoy in this book in regards to the unnecessary jerking off scenes and unsatisfying ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Bullying, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Violence, and Mental illness

lisamarshall17's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Self harm