Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Almost Transparent Blue by Ryū Murakami

6 reviews

reader00's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

barareads's review

dark reflective sad slow-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

4.0

i would really like to give this book 4,5 stars… basically i’d even choose 5 instead of 4 in this horribly lacking system (we need at least half-points, come on goodreads) but it just doesn’t sit right with me that such a dark hopeless story will get 100% score from me… this was unpleasant to read but it was a great great experience.
i see how the criticisms of this book might include the idea that this type of story has been done a lot and done better, but honestly i don’t care cause this exact book touched me. i generally hate nature and environment descriptions, can’t get through a couple of sentences without yawning, but here all the stuff the character saw through the narco-haze, it was incredible to read, very vivid imagery of the hyper realistic world around him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

bemysea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

escaping_america's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

pseudoliterature's review against another edition

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

this is definitely a book I read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

shioniota's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment