Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

35 reviews

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

officialdani's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.25

Certain parts of the book felt like they dragged on too much, leaving me feeling bored and not wanting to continue reading. But the parts that were interesting really kept me engaged. The book explores so many aspects of womanhood, sexuality, motherhood, poverty, societal expectations, etc. it’s introspective and reflective making for a great, thought provoking read. I recommend powering through the rougher parts of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Rape, and Vomit

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Abandonment

provo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

It took me over a year to read this book. It is incredibly slow but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. We follow an asexual cis woman who tries to figure out if and how to have a child. There is a lot of backdrop of japanese society’s expectations of women and motherhood, it also deals with poverty and growing up without a father. 
I found a lot of the thoughts very interesting, though as an European non-binary person with no wish for children i could only relate so far. 
What I really liked was how many different (heterosexual cis) women with very diverse views on womanhood and motherhood were represented. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Pedophilia

ambb's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

maceydowns's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming and Transphobia

clarityandchaos's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

somelibrarychick's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

coles14_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

amyyp's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Medical content, and Grief

The book isn’t graphic or extreme but deals with topics such as the female body, pregnancy, family trauma and death.