Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

La ballade de l'impossible by Haruki Murakami

44 reviews

kaylanoellesims's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity

yorozuya's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.25

My first Murakami and despite travelling while I started the book, I devoured it in the little time I had!

There's some messed up bits in here I won't lie but the writing style is so smooth and the way these dark themes are explored are so intriguing! The way Murakami describes memories will definitely stay with me for a while to come, and so will that very first scene of nothing but a description of a forest and a well...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Dementia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Grief, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, and Sexual content

jazsever's review against another edition

dark 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: Death, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship

bexdot's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

3.5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

rushh's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Suicide, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical content and Infidelity

dugfromthedirt's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Vomit, Death, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Outing, Cancer, and Abandonment

manel_'s review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Death, Self harm, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

ivana's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Animal death, Child death, and Cursing

jeremie's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, Suicide, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer

sando's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-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

3.75

Ummm…..that ending really threw me lol. I found the first half really slow but I eventually got invested after Reiko’s story. She was definitely my favorite character. The characters did feel pretty real for the most part. The book can be quite sad and shocking at times so I recommend reading the list of triggers before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Child death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Torture