Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Norwegian Wood: Tokyo Blues by Haruki Murakami

972 reviews

soapymay's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, and Grief

dedavond's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Suicide, and Alcohol

theflamingduck's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.25

Too horné and kinda deranged. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

rowannn's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Toru Watanabe is the most infuriating main character I have ever read. This book is ripe with trauma and frankly the end was absolute bullshit but it explores grief and loss well. As much as I hated the romance in this, the character studies were interesting. The female characters were the perfect example of women written by men but theres no denying that Murakami's style of writing does have a certain allure to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief

plantainicus's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

You get a Murakami sex scene jump scare every few scenes here. I love how the dynamics and personalities of the characters are presented and how a story forms from their interactions. I love how tiny aspects of characters are explored to guide the plot. I found this book sad, but not as sad as it’s been presented to me. Solid 4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism

renaeanalise22's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

neyomi_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

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

3.75

Interesting book, did not like the ending, was a bit dated in the language was was an interesting read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

j0evis's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

Beautiful, smutty, pensive and grungy. I didn’t know what to expect before reading this. It painted a picture of 60s/70s Japan that I never expected. The middle was a little flat, however it moved me in the end and I ended up really feeling for all the characters involved (except one guy who was an arsehole!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

jamesreadsgenre's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

katieribbon's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide