Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

137 reviews

theflamingduck's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

1.25

Too horné and kinda deranged. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

plantainicus's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

You get a Murakami sex scene jump scare every few scenes here. I love how the dynamics and personalities of the characters are presented and how a story forms from their interactions. I love how tiny aspects of characters are explored to guide the plot. I found this book sad, but not as sad as it’s been presented to me. Solid 4/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism

renaeanalise22's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent

emamoretti03's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Devo dire che all'inizio non lo stavo apprezzando particolarmente. Ho letto prima altri libri di murakami a cui ho dato tutti 5 stelle, tra cui 1Q84, l'assassinio del commendatore e kafka sulla spiaggia. Ma questo non mi ha trasmesso le stesse sensazioni. Ho però apprezzato molto la retorica sulla morte e sul suicidio di questo romanzo e la specularità tra i rapporti tra Watanabe/Midori-Naoko/Kizuki.
Forse un po' troppo sesso, ogni 20/30 pagine c'è qualche scena di sesso o qualche discorso sul sesso, un po' too much, negli altri libri di Murakami non era ricorrente fino a questo punto

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thislunarbeauty's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer

famaali's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

ur_moms_fav_child's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

dianazheng's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

oh ok

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

klaralyle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

unbearably indescribably sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

stoneofexile's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Rape and Death of parent