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ohsnapsabrina93_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Murder
sunbearbeam's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Blood and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
liamowens24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
sydneylount's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder
Moderate: Self harm and Xenophobia
angeliteauraa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment
jan_coco_day's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
heyjudecrochets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Mental illness and Self harm
kozumethan's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting
melodyseestrees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
The killer's motives for their actions are lackluster and dissatisfactory.
This is a story to read if you love gore, hate women, and aren't fussed about the details. This is not what I look for in horror and I think it should be categorized as Gore Porn or light Splatterpunk instead.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic friendship
The main character is in his twenties and dating a sixteen year old, at least one on-page victim is also a high schooler and may have been a minor.sisa_moyo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I think Murakami excels most in these shorter books. Compared to his longer book Coin locker babies which at times felt like it meandered into tangents a bit, this felt more whittled down and straight to the point.
In the miso soup is well written in my opinion, the descriptions of Frank, of Japanese night life are so vivid you can clearly picture it, and also feel the creeps from Frank. There was wonderful commentary on America vs the other, of Japanese condition, loneliness and poverty that made the book a spectacular read.
I think while the ending was vague and extremely open ended I quite enjoyed it, the lack of concrete, blatant resolution keeps one thinking about the book long after it, about what happened to each character afterward.
Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Self harm and Forced institutionalization