Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

45 reviews

lovelybubbles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

emolr's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Death of parent

sinnabookz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.25

Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Sexual content

dugfromthedirt's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Outing, and Abandonment

rylene's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.5

Only giving this a 1.5* review since the writing style is good (with good translation); unfortunately a very distasteful scene nearly made me drop it. The characterization of the female characters is questionable and prominently unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Alcohol

mostpeoplecallmemilo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

joanabryant's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

libriandthoughts's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Questo libro mi ha lasciato un velo di tristezza, per il dolore che permea la storia dall'inizio alla fine. Però un piccolo spiraglio di luce si può intravedere in mezzo a tutto questo buio: l'amore per l'unica persona che si desidera al mondo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer and Grief

matthewbubish's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.25

I went into the book knowing nothing about it besides the title being the same as a beautiful Beatles song (who I love). What prompted this was this book being listed as #1 on many sites as an essential book in Japanese literature. While it was personally a very difficult read at times, I thought there was many that, unfortunately, most people can probably relate to. It made me think, which is something I haven’t had a book do to me in a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

jeremie's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer