The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! đ
nicoleisalwaysreading's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Torture, and Violence
lera_k's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Torture and Violence
priskafel12's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Violence
sherbertwells's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
During the Tokugawa persecutions, two Portuguese Jesuits venture into the âswampâ of Japan in search of a mentor rumored to have abandoned the faith. The intense, melancholy themes presented by EndĆ are stifled by a too-conventional translation.
âOn the day of my death, too, will the world go relentlessly on its way indifferent as it is now? After I am murdered, will the cicadas sing and the flies whirl their wings inducing sleepâŠthe martyrdom of these peasants, enacted before his very eyesâhow wretched it was, miserable like the huts they lived in, like the rags in which they were clothedâ (128)
Graphic: Torture
Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, and Colonisation
Minor: Religious bigotry
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