Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

54 reviews

kathleendayle's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

laurenleannereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent

padancer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

ebscaggs's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Murder

yasaman's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia and Abandonment

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Death, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

korol_rezni's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexism, Murder, and Pregnancy

kaylamoran's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

This is such a hard book to rate, as there were things I loved and things I hated. 

I hated the way the story centered on a fake rape accusation.  I really don't think that's a helpful narrative, and it wasn't necessary for the story.  Tsukuru could have been shunned for any number of reasons.  I also found it a bit frustrating how seemingly cheating wasn't a red flag?  Why would Kuro tell Tsukuru to fight for a woman with another boyfriend?

  Ultimately I related to Tsukuru in many ways, and I was really rooting for him.  Usually slow paced books with a ton of descriptors bore me, but that didn't happen here.  I do wish Murakami spent a bit less energy describing women's breasts though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Moderate: Eating disorder and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

sooreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Murder

strrygo's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

3.25

aaahso torn on this one ｡°(°.◜ᯅ◝°)°｡
luv it thematically nd it feels so different from what im used to with him! but also soo consistent(u know..with the murakami stuff .. . ) nd the way he builds his worlds so they feel just slightly unrecognizable, just didnt ever rly feel like it was digging under the surface which is strange for a character study! might've been the writing taking me out of it :c
add it to the pile of is that a character or is murakami just like that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Murder