Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Non lasciarmi by Kazuo Ishiguro

5 reviews

knunderb's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I don't exactly know how I feel about this book. It's really sad and casually horrifying. 

I kept hoping that Tommy and Kathy would run off and hide somewhere, get out of being donors. But they didn't. I kept hoping there would be some kind of takedown of the donation program, but there wasn't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Grief

milton's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, and Gaslighting

elefantino's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, and Vomit

skudiklier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was really interesting, and for once I kind of guessed some of the twists/reveals ahead of time. I kept expecting the book to get suddenly more intense or sad, and though of course it was sad, I never came close to crying. It's almost like the mystery distracted me from how sad it was. But! Overall it was written well and it's a powerful book. Not sure I'd recommend it, but I definitely don't regret reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Cursing, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Stalking