Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Kafka på stranden by Haruki Murakami

331 reviews

kazamaria's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Incest, Rape, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

peeled_grape's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

bookishphase's review against another edition

I don't get how some people can find this shit good like... why is Murakami writing about

1, a fifteen-year-old kid's penis so often;
2, a fifteen-year-old kid getting a hand job from a grown woman;
3, the same woman who said she wants to be his legitimate sister!!;
4, and to top it off, poor cats being disected alive like...??????

I genuinely can't see what's so enjoyable in this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Animal death

maizerbeam_16's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Misogyny

joaomiguelpratas's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Oshima deserves better. In other words, he deserves me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Incest, Animal cruelty, and Rape

clarinette's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Incest, and Animal cruelty

dirtbagdemimonde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Maybe it's just me, but I think if you enjoyed The Master and Margarita, this is another good one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content

Moderate: Incest, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Murder, and Blood

kungfupanda's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Death of parent, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Rape

lena_2106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is really strange and I don’t know how to feel. Some parts I really did not enjoy reading and I don’t know why anybody would think it’s a good idea to write that down and publish it. But overall it was kind of a great book? Definitely loved the idea of different worlds and how that was done, but I think I’d be scared of recommending it to anyone because I don’t want people to think I’m sick. I am confused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Sexual assault

Minor: War

simplychloe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Animal cruelty, Murder, Rape, Torture, and Animal death