Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

El declive by Osamu Dazai

6 reviews

mangonana's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, War, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

kitchenstaff's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

lidia7's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Pregnancy, and War

clemrain's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

It’s simply a beautiful book. I really savoured it. Enjoyed every page. 

Characters are a delicious soup. So deep and yet so simple. 

The writing is so dreamy. And I’ve never read a structure like this. I loved reading what was practically Kazuko and Naoji’s diaries and collection of letters. It was intimate and I felt for and understood the characters deeply.

A whole story revolving the love you feel for a mother and how a child is always just a child. The identity and connection and ties to a mother. I appreciated it.

I saw a lot of typos in the translation. And thought some of it was awkwardly written. I wonder how true to the original these typos or awkwardness was.

I’m not sure if I could read through this again.  But I do feel an urge to. Looking forward to reading more Dazai.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and War

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

tenacious yet tender - the setting sun is a profound read, as lucid as the bundle of pain and revolution that is our heroine kazuko. 
hard to read, but beautiful to understand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide, and War

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy