Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

169 reviews

julia_rose's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

I really liked it and I think it’ll be a book that sticks with me. I can already tell it’s going to need a lot of processing to fully digest. For people who need plot I wouldn’t recommend, but I’m impressed how Murakami didn’t make me bored nonetheless.

I had my eyes peeled for the subliminal sexism the whole time and admittedly I didn’t spot what the fuss was about until the closing scene which was an eye roll moment for me. So minus points for that, but overall still one of my favourite reads of the year so far.


On the Trigger Warnings:

There are a lot of suicides for one book, but I wouldn’t consider any of them  described in graphic detail. For each one, the method of death is stated but not described after.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence

drymice's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

evilstrawberry's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual violence

drought_season's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic relationship

jessiemcg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

Bizarre, brilliant, tragic and unique. A fantastically written book but often times very literal. Very very very good (I didn’t realise just quite how heavy going this book is until I did the trigger warnings)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

abeljquintero's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Sexism

abril6's review against another edition

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

esv_'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Car accident

countdraculahimself's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

2.0

disgusting 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief

disgusting

pauroxas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

I would like to try to describe the hold this book had over me. The last time I had read it was more than 7 years ago, but every detail of it is still etched in my mind. I read my copy until it fell apart. I used to recommend this to people I have known. I may have gotten a couple of them to read it, and I don't know if they have gotten the same things as I did out of it. Probably not. And it's okay. 

I have first picked it up after having been kicked out of the university and I had gone back home in disgrace. I was 16, very sick, friendless and hopeless. 

Within the pages of this book, I have felt understood. It had spoken of things that other people were too afraid (or could not be bothered) to talk about with me. Death, loss, grief, unrequited love, depression, desolation, isolation, darkness; but also - growing up, learning about one's sexuality and sex, friendship, devotion, hope, little glimpses of light. But I hadn't known yet how much of this book I would get to experience for myself.

I have lived with this book, I have lived through it, I have lived by it. I have identified with every character in it, I kid you not. I had found myself in many of their situations. I had grieved their losses and experienced their pain. It felt very much like I was constantly drifting in and out of this book, my life having been woven in its pages before I have even lived it. In so many ways, I am still that 16-year-old.

It will be interesting to meet up with this old friend again someday. Maybe, if I find myself out of the woods.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt