Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

5 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Animal death, Blood, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion

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

nochnitsa's review against another edition

I chose this book to be my first proper Murakami because, as description said, it's a collection of all the typical Murakami elements, and of course the cover is absolutely stunning. The cover is also the only thing that could make me regret not finishing or liking this book. I'm over a 100 pages in, and so far, despite lots of things happening and many many words, it feels like the book lacks real substance. What really makes me uncomfortable though (and it is the main reason for me dnf-ing this book) is the way Murakami writes women or about women. Associating a teenager with a woman who propositioned him phone sex? Talking about violent rape and forced prostitution like it's a weather forecast and then having a wet dream about the sane woman woman? Sounds a tiny bit disturbing to me, no thank you very much. I doubt I'll ever give Murakami another try after this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia

enoby's review

mysterious reflective 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

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Incest

esmithumland's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I loved the inter-leaving stories in this book, and the mysteries were deeply intriguing. I liked that they were simultaneously explored while remaining largely unresolved. But I didn't care for the gratuitous death and gore (although I could somewhat see that contributing to the story), the weird pedophila, or the fact that while half of the characters are women their only point is to revolve around and relate to the men. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Pedophilia