Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

16 reviews

risemini's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Transphobia, Cancer, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Violence, Death, Grief, and Hate crime

agnesbebon's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Grief

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Death, Transphobia, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Deadnaming, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Stalking and Animal death

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Grief and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Murder, Animal death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Car accident, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Body shaming

marizzleduh's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Transphobia

spookily's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Transphobia

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Hate crime, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Terminal illness

helhas3letters's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a short read but beautifully written. The book is actually split into 3 parts, the first 2 of which are the story Kitchen, and the 3rd of which is a story called Moonlight Shadow. Both stories explore grief, loneliness, and connection, but this book isn't depressing, rather it's hopeful and beautiful. I can see myself coming back to it in the future in times of grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Transphobia

piapoyopi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Transphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol, Deadnaming, and Violence

heartcolored's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, and Homophobia

annasorrenti's review

emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Stalking and Violence