Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

12 reviews

moonadjacent's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Found family from a bunch of outcasts has got to be one of my favourite tropes in fiction. The heartfelt sincerity with which the kids come to regard each other is so touching to witness evolve. 

I cried for Rion. It was so heartbreaking for him to lose the chance to wish for his sister to come back home.

My only criticism would be that as much as I loved getting to know each character's backstory, the lead up to each discovery became quite formulaic.

Kokoro runs, touches X, views memory, vows to save friend, rinse, repeat. Sort of like a video game, which, meta!

Apart from that small section, I did enjoy the writing style and pace. 

But I must admit I was quite shocked at how the parents didn't just force the kids to go to school to be honest. Personally, the idea that a child could just not go to school for a year was more fantastical

than being eaten by a wolf in a castle accessible by mirror.

Great story though, really enjoyed how all the puzzle pieces came to fit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content

catwhisperer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kaydeedickins's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Very sweet story about a group of teens who are struggling in some aspect of their lives and get drawn into a strange magical world. It moves a little slowly but the way it all comes together at the end is worth it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

purplepenning's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

The pacing and writing style were difficult for me but it's an important, clever story. A slow starter with a good, portal fantasy hook and great payoff in the last third.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

bealmg's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.0

A heartbreaking story about the consequences of bullying, anxiety and trauma on young teens in Japan, a country where children and teens rank really low on mental health surveys. It serves as a cautionary tale in a way, but it also delivers a message of hope.
Although I struggled for tha majority of the book, the ending came together in a really satisfying way, with all the pieces of the puzzle joining each other neatly. However, the first 2/3 of the book were almost painfully slow and a bit repetitive. And although the clues eventually made sense, most of the time I felt a bit clueless as to where the story was going. I did like the growth each character went through as well as the way their relationships grew over time. But I was expecting, maybe due to the blurb or to the glowing reviews, a story with more fantastical elements, even if grounded in reality as this was.
The ending was beautifully written, so sad and heart-warming at the same time, and it was worth the wait, even if I struggled to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, and Sexual harassment

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

cant believe im just supposed to like be okay after reading this?? like im supposed to live as if this didnt touch my heart?? im a changed person!!! everything is about love and support and about being a better person even if its the hardest thing you can do. man....MAN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Injury/Injury detail