Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

129 reviews

elixsdgn's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

What a beautiful beautiful book, the way she writes is so simple yet heartbreaking 

- i wish Kojimas ending wasnt so unanswered/traumatic 
(- took off 0.5 point later) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

majjgrf's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective slow-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

4.5

It was... Something. Very painful to read i had to stop and stare at the wall many times while reading it. i will never get over chapter 8. 

It's defenetly deep and thought-provoking 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

yourshonestly's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

beccss_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

dizzzybrook's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

810ml's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

This book genuinely changed parts of how I view my life. Its so real and raw and the author isnt afraid to make violent scenes vivid. Everything about this book from the structure to the way it presents itself is amazing. At first look, you'll think its a "them vs. us" story where theres a clear black and white villain and hero. Mieko shows that bullying is much more complicated than that, and by showing that even our main characters aren't all that likeable, the idea of it being a "good vs. bad" book gets thrown out the window. Each character has their own belief system, and life outside of the book. The unfinished ending adds to its rawness as it leaves us with more questions than answers, but thats just it – we will never truly get the full story of someones life. We merely looked into our nameless main character's life and stepped out of it. Will the bullying continue? How is he?, we will never know however we do know that life for these characters will continue on despite everything. There is no closure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder

asurasantosha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book is fantastic but really not for the faint of heart. Please check out the content warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical content and Abandonment

capybea'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

snl07002's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

nee_shelf's review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism