Reviews tagging 'Grief'
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
9 reviews
sawshiwen's review against another edition
- 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...?
Graphic: Rape, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child death
ellagriffin_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Abortion, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Toxic friendship
jolienvandera's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Rape, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Bullying, and Abandonment
icarusandthesun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Rape, Grief, and Mental illness
Minor: Eating disorder and Miscarriage
lunar_witch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Grief, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
finn_vibing's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide
gotothecorner's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage
mudkipmillie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
backatthelibrary's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Spoiler
this book left me wondering why Murakami is such a celebrated author.It focuses on Tsukuru Tazaki who was completely cut-off from his friend group. Years later he asks them why they cut him off: a false rape accusation. One of the girls in the group accused Tsukuru of raping her and while none of them believed that Tsukuru did that, they still abandoned him. He was depressed because they cut him off and had frequent and vivid sex dreams of the two girls in the group. The false rape accusation is what ultimately killed this book for me. Not only was it not necessary for the plot, it was also established that none of the other three friends believed that Tsukuru had done this. They cut him off nonetheless in order not to hurt her feelings. What does that tell a reader? That even if no one believes a woman, men have to suffer terrible consequences? I truly cannot think of another reason for this storyline.
The characters are stereotypical (a beautiful girl not knowing she’s beautiful, a chubby but funny girl that had full breasts at 16, a jock and a nerd) and flat with no development. The plot is basically over once we learn the reason they cut him off. All that is left then is a weird fixation on breasts and graphic sex dreams.
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Grief
Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence