Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

La ballade de l'impossible by Haruki Murakami

142 reviews

lilydarcie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

Hated this book and the depiction of women. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt that it was written in a different time, but the descriptions were awful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

isal's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

It’s overly sexual even when it’s not necessary for the plot or to understand the characters. Some relationships and their sexual activities made me extremely uncomfortable. I wish the women in this book had more of a role than just being there to pleasure the guy. 
But I like Murakamis way of writing and there is always something or someone to relate to (even when it’s just in one line).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Rape and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mariavm's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Naoko❤️‍🩹 I truly loved her.
Actually I really liked all the female characters, though they all more or less were also used as vessels for fulfilling the author's sexual fantasies — especially Midori, her personality at times was so pick-me-girly for the sole purpose of getting Watanabe's sexual attention.

This one was a re-read, and I must say I felt it so much more now at 20 — the main characters' age — than when I first read it at 16 years old. I've read all Murakami's novels, and even though I kind of miss the magical realism that was almost nonexistent in this book, it didn't really need it either as it was deep enough just like this. I just wish the metaphor of the "well" Naoko talked about in the beginning had appeared later on in the story, it should have had a greater purpose. Overall a very melancholic yet great reading experience, but for your own good, do consider skipping this if things related to suicide trigger you.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

anna_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

julia_library's review against another edition

The first half of the book was not bad, but it suddenly was weird and not in the good Murakami kind of weird. They were saying stupid things and I couldn't bring myself to read anymore of it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

kathrynfranks's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

bad bad bad female characters, almost disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicide

halsteady's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia

mayamahdi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It was very dark which I usually stay away from, but I was able to handle it. Murakami approaches really sensitive topics from a man’s perspective which I found really interesting as a woman. While at first it seems like a love story, keep reading and you will see that it’s about a young man’s journey through young adult life. Sometimes the saddest books make us appreciate what we have the most. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide

lordcass's review against another edition

challenging tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Misogyny

bad queer rep, bad female characters