Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

40 reviews

saskia6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

after i finished this book i was sobbing hysterically but i couldn’t possibly say why. this hit me so hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Abortion, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Vomit

elyselani's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, War, Suicide, Torture, and Sexual violence

larazager's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Murder, Torture, and Violence

lydiabroadley's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

So amazingly written and mesmerising. The stories and intricacies are so interesting and kept me hooked on the all the strange and fascinating characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Gore

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

mmosher19's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

i liked it but didn’t love it. it was just veryyyy slow. love may tho!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

one especially graphic page but the rest was manageable

marinarc's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Slavery

ratstew's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, and Gore

Moderate: Abortion

clare072's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, War, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Genocide, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion and Adult/minor relationship

evamill's review

challenging 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion and Suicide

tessorlando's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle has a lot of mystery in its unique story, and I really enjoyed the character May. I struggled with the descriptions of gore and violence and found those parts of the book tedious to get through.

I was weary of the relationship between May and Mr. Okada in the beginning but (to my relief) found it to be very platonic and endearing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Infidelity, Gun violence, Gore, Genocide, Domestic abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape