Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

De tuin van de Samoerai by Marijke Versluys, Gail Tsukiyama

2 reviews

seforaflorian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kris_tea516's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

3.75

Book 34 of The 52 Book Challenger for 2024

This was a really sweet book. A young Chinese man is staying at his family’s home in Japan during the Japanese invasion of China during WWII. The caretaker of the house takes the young man under his wing & teaches him how to live an honorable life in quite & rarely recognized ways. It is a sweet story of sacrifice, love, & humility. It was nothing like I expected but I am glad I read it. 

In reality, I’d probably give it 3.5 stars because I did really like it but there were a few times my mind wandered & I really didn’t put much effort in going back to hear what I missed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Sexual content