Reviews with content warning for Alcoholism - All the Lovers in the Night

nothing hits as close to my heart as japanese literature about loneliness. at only 20 i feel my life heading in the same direction as fuyuko’s. the melancholy quietness of her day to day, and finding comfort in someone n not knowing what to do with it.

when mitsutsuka doesn’t show up on her birthday, i felt how painful that wld be, how hopeless the future wld feel knowing she’d be alone like that forever.

maybe i shld make some more friends, but who’s to say it wld make any difference?

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stwriter92's review against another edition

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challenging emotional 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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rachill's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

I found this so interesting to read. For the better half of the story, I kept wondering ‘how is Fuyuko not addressing any of these crazy things or people with emotion?’ It was only 160 pages in when Fuyiko mentions her drinking behaviour in a negative light, as before then her drinking was described as if she was drinking water. It was so interesting and well done, with the first person perspective dulling my senses to what is bad and what is good, so much so I was randomly remembering details of the bad throughout the days it took me to read the book saying ‘oh. That was pretty bad actually’. It was quite sad that a lot of people seemed to use Fuyuko as therapy, yet something many introverts relate to.

I would have liked Fuyuko to have addressed her sexual assault from her teen years with more clarity for reader education/sake but this in itself is representative of our society’s rape myths that disregard assaults as assault unless it’s violent involving strangers.

Very interesting read. Totally agree with the ending. Poetic!

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falltumn's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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aude's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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hannaemilia's review

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emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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dee_dee_dee's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

3.25

Once you get through the exposition the writing has a nice flow and seems very attentive but there are passages that are hard work to get through. Might be worth it though. Overall the plot seems rushed anyways.

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