Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Sopa de miso by Ryū Murakami

17 reviews

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

nalakoala's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Blood

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

cateycat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Alcohol

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

jordanpmck's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

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

Please take care of yourself and read the content warnings.

risemini's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

lreeve's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

annawookie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, Torture, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cannibalism

jen_prouvaire's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Not for the faint of heart. I'm still trying to process this book, and decide if I liked it or not

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, and Alcohol