Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Coin Locker Babies by Ryū Murakami

6 reviews

rancid87's review against another edition

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

3.5

Magic is always simmering closer to the surface of reality in Japanese fiction and Coin Locker Babies is no exception. A disturbing deep-dive into violence, insanity and the impact trauma has on the body and the mind. I didn't find the plot that compelling and the use of sexism, homophobia and racism were hard to swallow but overall contributed to the vileness of the main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Excrement, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Racism, Rape, Body horror, Child abuse, Animal death, Sexism, Blood, Self harm, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Violence, and Homophobia

kozumethan's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Gore, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Murder, and Physical abuse

jadesuiwai's review

dark sad tense medium-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: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Vomit

alexcavanaugh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

2.5

I would not recommend this book to anyone. This book is 500 pages. The story could've been told in 250, easily. Even if it wasn't just an edgy shock-fest, its bloated length is enough to say you should stay away. I enjoy the author's prose, but I wish he had channeled it differently, and kept it brief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexism, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship

brainemptyjust's review against another edition

This book started off quite well, then it just went downhill.
By the end the plot just gets completely out of hand to a point, where I just couldn’t finish these last 3%, because it was such pile of nonsense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Excrement, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Sexism

aegireads's review

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, and Violence