Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

El declive by Osamu Dazai

13 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

sea_sea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Amazingly written and very thought provoking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

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

gvstyris's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• 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

3.75

 Victims. Victims of a transitional period of morality. That is what we both certainly are. 

Funnily enough, The Setting Sun reminded me of El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba: both are novels I deeply respect the literary/cultural significance of, but struggled to connect with because of the very literary techniques they're renowned for. That being said, there are some beautiful images here, and

Naoji's final letter really resonated with me.

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I also can't help but feel like this novel was somewhat lost in translation for me, unfortunately. 

But perhaps, just as it is true of my love, they could not go on living except in the way they do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and War

nolongerhuman_'s review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and War

qu1ncy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent and Classism

jimenagarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

zonboi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War