Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
28 reviews
mxpringle's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I love the dream like state this book put me in where I questioned what events in it were real and fake. The writing and the way the characters were so fleshed our really gripped me and I haven't read a book so quickly in forever. However, as a with a lot of Murakami's writing, I did have an issue with how he portrays women and sex, and his strong emphasis on the male gaze.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, Mental illness, and Sexism
Minor: Eating disorder and Vomit
savtho's review
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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? It's complicated
2.0
I picked this book up as a wrapped mystery book. A bookshop worker wrote a note for the future reader; the note talked about everyday conversations, losing friendships and the color grey. At first I was very interested in this book but half way through it got boring. This book wasn’t as deep as I thought it would be. However the writing style and story telling are what kept me going. I think I would re-read this book and stop half way through because I liked the writing that much. Otherwise the book is lack luster, a part of me feels like that’s almost the point and if it is then I’d give it more stars for reaching its purpose. Especially because the descriptions in the book were boring. Maybe if I got more out of this book I’d be interested to find out if there was a purpose for this book. Before I finished the book I was hoping to read more from this author, however the dark themes of this book made it difficult to read at times and eventually I felt the voice of the writer was gone.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Suicide, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Alcoholism
sawshiwen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Spoiler
essentially, this feels like a rape fantasy book...?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child death
distractible's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Spoiler
There is an off-screen murder, an off-screen rape and miscarriage, and the main character is falsely accused of rape.Spoiler
Content Warnings
Minor: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Murder, Eating disorder, and Rape
crisantemovfresco's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Miscarriage and Rape
ccs's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Death, Abandonment, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Rape
crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Miscarriage, and Eating disorder
elijahcole's review against another edition
slow-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
1.0
nothing happened in this book and it still managed to piss me off to no end.
first 100ish pages i thought the main character was just a guy with textbook definition autism that led to him feeling like an outcast then, of course in classic murakami fashion, he was just a straight up shitty dude and he absolutely deserved it. he turned out to
literally no resolution was reached and so many things were just thrown at the wall and never discussed again
first 100ish pages i thought the main character was just a guy with textbook definition autism that led to him feeling like an outcast then, of course in classic murakami fashion, he was just a straight up shitty dude and he absolutely deserved it. he turned out to
Spoiler
be a possible rapist?? and no one in this book took the rape accusations seriously? or cared that their friend was murdered because they were burdened by her being mentally unstable??literally no resolution was reached and so many things were just thrown at the wall and never discussed again
Spoiler
like tsukuru having a sex dream about/raping/being raped by haida (?)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Rape
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Eating disorder and Miscarriage
jolienvandera's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.75
I liked it and found it eyeopening towards my own life. I understand some people not liking it, because it's not very Murakami-esk, in the use of magical realism, however the sexual aspect of a Murakami book is very present. I like this about his books but I can understand some people don't like it. The dreams were weird in the beginning, but they gave us a sense of foreshadowing. However we, the readers, were left to fi ish the puzzle ourself without ever knowing the correct solution - very typical Murakami. Not my favorite, but a good one
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Rape, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Bullying, and Abandonment
bunitsu's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
no spoilers!!!
Colourless set my standards for books so much higher! i only recently got into reading and before reading it, i had read 2-3 books trying to get into reading but nothing really drew me in. i just thought was one of those people that couldn’t get into reading. But this changed everything. This book kept me on my toes. Every time i turned a page i didn’t want to stop because of how engaging it was. I’m a pretty slow reader so the fact i got through this book in 2 weeks says something.
Colourless set my standards for books so much higher! i only recently got into reading and before reading it, i had read 2-3 books trying to get into reading but nothing really drew me in. i just thought was one of those people that couldn’t get into reading. But this changed everything. This book kept me on my toes. Every time i turned a page i didn’t want to stop because of how engaging it was. I’m a pretty slow reader so the fact i got through this book in 2 weeks says something.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder
Moderate: Miscarriage, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness
Minor: Abandonment