Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

29 reviews

itzelgmadrid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Violence, Suicide, and Rape

amelody's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Torture, Misogyny, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Incest, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

glorytowers05's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide and Abortion

kanderson246's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Confinement, Gore, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abortion and Child death

kaitlyn_avecado's review

slow-paced

1.5

I just...So many people said this book was 10 out of 10. I've read one other of his books, but after reading this.....I'm never reading Murakami again. I hate how his books focus on an uninteresting, unemployed male character who never seems to care about anything happening around him. Murakami's portrayal of female characters is the kicker for me. He only writes about eccentric women who float about the protagonist and have sex with him. It feels like he adds trauma to the female characters to make them "deeper/more interesting". I slogged through this book hoping it would get better. Finally, some plot unfolds in the last 50 pages. Not worth it. SKIP

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: War

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

shannanigans's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, War, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Body horror, Rape, Self harm, and Violence

nmruss's review

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Gore, Torture, and War

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Slavery, Suicide, and Vomit

maybealexisreading's review

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexism and Xenophobia

acecatlady's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual violence

balancedmultitudes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

Have to think on this a bit more, definitely challenging at times funny, at times sad, always mysteriously bizarre. Could have done with 100-150 pages less though, I feel and not lost anything except for those pages that were dragging along a bit.

His depictions of female characters are at times hard to swallow and there are certainly elements that feel familiar from other books of his.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence