Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

185 reviews

jana_grimm's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide and Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual violence

teriodvarkova88's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Blood, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Violence

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

woundedhouse's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, 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

dsmw_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Bullying

mlouise2974's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Bullying

cecilialau_'s review against another edition

3.5

Hmm. - I know that’s not a good sign to start that way, but I feel sort of conflicted (not that reviewing sth is that big a deal, I just want to do it justice if that makes sense). I had been looking forward to reading this while knowing that it had been described as a tough read. To say the least, imo. There’s a sort of nonchalant, reasoning/rationale to the writing. A detachment if you will. And it’s written in first person which says a lot about how this boy is attempting to distance himself from what is happening to him but also how his emotional state has been neglected and damaged by everything that has happened to him.  There is no real “connection” to other ppl until he meets Kojima (which is what made me want to continue reading).
It’s important to be prepared as a reader for the disturbing bullying (violence) that is happening - especially bc of the way that is is endless and speaks volumes on neglect in general.

Spoiler

when he speaks to Momose and his pov is that “nothing matters” and that he doesn’t care when it is “unrelated” to him is so heartbreakingly true in the sense that some ppl are just not able to emotionally and empathetically understand that words and actions have consequences. That we can never see eye to eye with everyone even when it comes to things that are incredibly reasonable to some of us that you don’t treat others as they do in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Bullying

Moderate: Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Self harm, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

timedothwasteme's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide