Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

9 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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder and Vomit

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Death, Abandonment, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Rape

maria_valentine's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Ordinary book with a rather extraordinary topic. Minus points for the sexist style of writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

tomnoor's review against another edition

2.0

I’d say that if you took all the misogyny/objectification/gratuitous  breast descriptions out of this book it’d be really good, but the reality is if you took them out there wouldn’t be enough material to call it a book. Honestly felt pretty violated just reading this and knowing so many people love it. What I learned from this book is that as a woman my worth depends firstly on my body and secondly on my ability to serve as a sounding board/problem fixer for an emotionally stunted man.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Body shaming

Minor: Eating disorder and Miscarriage

sarahc_98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual content, Rape, Abandonment, and Toxic friendship

gotothecorner's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

tepa's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

nefie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Gore, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

namizaela's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

At first I didn't really care about any of the characters, especially Tsukuru Tazaki, because I was getting pretty tired of the classic Murakami protagonist (an emotionless 30 year old man who seems to have a taste for teenage girls). However, once the plot got going, I ended up wanting to find out more and naturally got drawn into the story. It ended up being pretty emotional, and I really liked the whole premise of this group of friends that got broken apart. Overall, not my least favorite Murakami book, but it's pretty low on the list. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Miscarriage and Homophobia