Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

71 reviews

spoopy_moose01's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion

xoxo_gossipgirl's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, Abortion, and Sexual content

Sections of the books focus on war so be prepared for graphic descriptions. The book is very dreamlike and surreal so its pacing may not be for everyone

annuich's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide attempt, Rape, Infidelity, Incest, Genocide, Death, and Confinement

maurits's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Again another enchanting Murakami novel, but he went a little overboard on the vagueness this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide

averageroe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Torture

thedreamstar's review

dark mysterious sad tense

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Mental illness

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

vee's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book will definitely require a reread. I'm still trying to process it. It was completely enthralling the entire time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Abortion, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

paperdollskaterboy's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

From reading the other reviews, it seems this is a love-it or hate-it book. I am on the love-it side but I honestly cannot tell you why.
I am usually not into books with graphic violence, slow plots, and (relatively) passive protagonists, but something lured me into this story and I couldn't shake it off. (And I started to grow fond of Toru.)

This is my first Murakami book so I don't know if this is his style or specific to this story, but I found the way emotions are written in this book incredibly contagious. I mean that sometimes I would feel my own feelings how the protagonist felt his: distanced but incredibly detailed and accepting. I was able to step into another way of feeling in a way that I think is really rare. It felt like I was part of the surrealist landscape. If that intrigues you, try it!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Vomit

denisesfanclub's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Never read anything like it. It makes no sense but also makes perfect sense. Love Murakami.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide and Vomit