Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

34 reviews

sappie's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit

laurenleannereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

charlereads's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

elisa_rachel's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Rape

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

torismazarine's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

333amreen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

The first half of the book felt REALLY slow paced (and it was!) but the latter half really caught me in (though it was just as, if not more slow) but what was different was the emotional connection I'd built with the characters! While this book can be found boring & uneventful by some (like past me) In hindsight, there's actually SO MUCH you can take from it if you you keep an open mind when reading this one, instead of constantly thinking "ugh, what's going on?" I now completely understand why someone on yt said it's a must read for when you're in your 20s. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE‼️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

waterlilyonmyheart's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Rape

Minor: Car accident

Talking and describe many depressive sensations and states.

beedazed's review against another edition

Turns out I don't enjoy this type of character. Also the sudden alcoholism. Maybe that got explained later but I'm not about to find out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction

minella's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Rape

taylorkayebeltz's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Mieko Kawakami always sees right into my soul with her books, and All the Lovers in the Night is no different. The main character is so relatable and so realistic, she's not perfect but she is endearing in a way. I just loved this book so much and I've been thinking about it nonstop since finishing it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction