Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

85 reviews

blackbegonias's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

madapatru's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

mmcloe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.25

I think a lot of readers will be quick to draw pretty divergent ideological interpretations of this - either as an endorsement of nihilism or a lamentation of its arrival. I think placing these ideologies in the minds and hands of middle schoolers is a really effective way to demonstrate how much moral development is being constantly negotiated and re-formed as we grow. There's bits of light and freedom (to the extent those are good) in many outlooks, the answer on how to grasp them further is a process. 

Otherwise, pretty interesting reflection on how fleshy and bodily it is to be young.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

victoria_c777's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Deadnaming, and Death

1989ruth's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

ilsabelle's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Eating disorder

Minor: Medical content

evavaale's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder and Sexual violence

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

tangerinejellies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Not completely sure how to feel about this book, it was a very heavy read and some of the characters’ outlooks on the world were quite unsettling, though not impossible to understand. They’re kids who still have a lot of maturing to do, and don’t necessarily understand the world around them that well yet, so I can see how they’d think like that, which all the more adds to the sort of pain I felt reading this, witnessing the hardship of navigating the dark parts of the world and trauma and violence and things like that at such a young age. Rough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

nkaori's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts