Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

24 reviews

sofiafilgomes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, and Suicide

Minor: Emotional abuse and Alcohol

tawneylee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

3.5

First Murakami! Surely a sad book but also very relaxing in atmosphere. I became immersed everytime I picked it up which is something I seek for in reading. Interesting speculations on grief love and friendship. Can see how this may not be for everyone. However I particularly enjoyed this a lot. A quiet and nuanced story that is definitely sticking with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

anotherbookwithtee's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book made me feel very uncomfortable didn’t enjoy the readin experience- but as a whole it’s a very interesting book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

wossyboy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

3.75

A male The Bell Jar

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse

mimosakettunen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

emdcairou's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

DNF

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicide

chiara_dose's review against another edition

dark relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide

deadmosquitoonmywall's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

It's romance based. Good if you don't mind s*x. I cried so hard.
Major trigger warning on this book for s**cide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol

seven people die and only 2 of them didn't go by suicide

libbyuma's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

lenanin99'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the writing style was great & the storyline was extremely interesting. Throughout the book I developed a love/hate relationship with all of the main characters. Even though the ending and especially Toru’s encounter with Reiko made me dislike both of the characters quite a bit i still think this is a sad but unforgettable book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent