Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

18 reviews

pilartyping's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

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

alissa_lopez's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely beautiful, heart breaking, soul stirring book. It has been quite a long time since I have read a book like this. Mieko's writing is so beautiful and descriptive. One of very few books that I read bit, by bit, so that it would last longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment

This book is chiefly about bullying and may be triggering for those who have experienced bullying - particularly bullying that is rooted in ableism.

marmarmoo123's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Eating disorder

saoreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

This is an odd book; as I see it, it brings out perspectives worth reflecting on, but I find it infuriating that no justice was done. Being seen as different should not be a reason to be treated awfully, simply because they wanted to? It was hypocritical at most and selfish at best. They stuck to their own definitions, but it's frustrating to read something that seems to offer insight but provides nothing at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jijina's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

melanija's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

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

mariavdl's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ardour'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

i thought this was gonna be a 5 star read for most of the book, but then it got sad and i realised i’ve never been one to enjoy a sad book/film etc. Literally no fault of the book i still thought it was fantastic, I love books that are dark but not so much *sad*. I thought the writing was brilliant, especially how it was so flawlessly written in a teenager’s voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Death, and Medical content