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Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin

5 reviews

robinks's review

challenging dark emotional slow-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

4.5

The afterword really helped to contextualize this novel, which made me appreciate it more. I read it cover-to-cover, though Miaojin suggests reading in any order, but I still found it very challenging to follow the emotions of the protagonist and the narrative (though I suppose that might be the point). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

dycojams's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Mental illness, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Sexual content, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Rape, Vomit, Alcohol, and Racial slurs

gagne's review

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death and Grief

Qiu Miaojin was a famous lesbian Taiwanese writer who died by suicide in Paris in 1995 and this book is loosely based on her life prior to her death and was published post-mortem.

morebedsidebooks's review

dark sad

 

Oh . . . if one were to call this book an unintelligible collection of hieroglyphics with no words and a plot that had long since disappeared, one would be right.

 
Written in letters that can be read in any order Last Words from Montmartre by famous Taiwanese lesbian writer Qiu Miaojin, translated to English by Ari Larissa Heinrich, is one of those books published posthumously where one may wonder if it was the correct decision after the author’s suicide. Dark too perhaps at being all aware of other notable figures of literature with similar end. Regardless of perspective in approach to the book it is psychological writing, reading suited to a particular (distressful) mood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Self harm

Moderate: Animal death and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse and Alcoholism