Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Sopa de miso by Ryū Murakami

5 reviews

brina_sch's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

It is Crazy, it’s short. Despite how messed up parts are I couldn’t put it down I had to know what happened next, and for getting me out of a reading hump, have only great things to say about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship

jettiphoned's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

astrib's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Definitely kept me on my toes. A very short and fascinating read, but dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

j_yarbrough's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

booksthoughtsandtea's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Oddly terrifying and fascinating. I am unsure if I think the mental illness representation further harms the mental health community (I'm in that community) or not. In some ways it shows the harm of forces institution, and how it does not help if the patient doesn't want to change. This book was very fatphobic. The only fat person in this whole story is an American... and it doesn't sit right with me. I think this book is a meditation on the fasination people have with foreigners, how classism is so prevalent in wealthy and less wealthy countries, lonliness,  and how we are all fascinated by death. Either way, this book had me empathize for the bad guy... That's a hard feat when murder is involved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

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