Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Kafka på stranden by Haruki Murakami

40 reviews

bananaza55's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Rape, Blood, Grief, and Murder

lukests's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism and Transphobia

soumil_da_vinci's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

It's like fine wine.
Everyone won't like it.
You will have to read some other stuff,other classic books, a taste of magic realism and all that before you get here.
The ending is criticised by many but once you start reading it you will understand the flow, how the story is and by the time you reach the end you will understand why it ends like that even though you might not agree to the ending. Hell, you might not like the whole story but the time won't surely be wasted.
I highly recommend it to one and all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mirandyli's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

A trippy combo of Catcher in the Rye and Oedipus Rex. Slow moving at times. Not sure what the takeaway was supposed to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and War

jppineda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual content, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

thenoboshow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

Prose felt like stumbling through a dream. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse

abyss65's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

burnsys_books_811's review against another edition

1.5

I hate this book. I think honestly that Murakami is just not for me. While interesting in it's surrealist elements, there is far too much description of the 15y/o mc's penis to be an enjoyable read. I also don't like the aloof way a lot of really serious topics are handled in this book, as though they mean nothing. It's just a grossly uncomfortable read and I don't feel as though anything was gained from reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Rape, Grief, and Murder

mariekeroos's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Murder

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

To elaborate on content warnings: Two different instances of incest, both involving an adult & a minor. One was consensual in the real world and another was rape in a shared dream. The animal cruelty is extremely gruesome and involves cats, so cat lovers should brace or skip this book altogether.