Reviews tagging 'Death'

ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟 by 東野 圭吾, Keigo Higashino

14 reviews

atamano's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

rrenreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i've always wanted to dip my toes in the japanese magical realism genre and im glad i chose this book to start with!!! this book was recommended to by a friend, bless his soul.

though by the plot you could expect lots of heavy issues and hard problems to come up, there's a cozy and comforting aura to it. the story switched between perspective a lot, and somehow im always intrigued and able to sympathise with each characters.

and the end??? oh my god, the ending. literally teared up but like in the best way possible way <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

fluture's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book basically shows us that everyone–no matter from what background you came from–has the right to choose whether you will follow an advice or to do the opposite, to choose a new path or stay in your path, to let go or not to let go, and it's also your choice to regret or not to regret the decisions that you have made. Life is basically a table full of platters with various kind of dishes that are free for you to take, to taste, or to keep. We all have the chance to create a better future for ourselves, no matter how cruel the past was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Sexism

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Car accident

tamara_joy's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

bexi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It was really clever how the author weaved all of the storylines together. You definitely have to pay attention while reading this book. I think I would've enjoyed it more if I wasn't in the middle of a reading slump.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Blood

serendipity421's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol

kakigori's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

interesting plot and it's multi pov!

did not expect to learn some bits of econ knowledge lmao 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kartoffel_00's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

09 June 2022:

It plays on a certain theme but keeps it very lighthearted and touching. There is predictably but it's not too bad. It's better to read this yourself than to describe what it is.

Rating: 3/5. Really enjoyable and wholesome.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Suicide attempts, fire injury, child abuse - mentioned in passing. Nothing descriptive. Death - Some mentioned in passing and (major spoiler) -

Death from fire, no gory details. Death of parents. Two incidents. One's an accident that's described a bit further but no gory details

_forestofpages's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

This book is a treasure. It was hopeful, reflective and heartwarming. It dealt with serious topics and characters that felt real. I loved this book with my whole heart. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

aegireads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

very mawkish but i like that kinda stuff lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abortion