Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

86 reviews

lydiabroadley's review against another edition

4.75

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

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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: Gore, Violence, War

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

merlinduh's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence

Minor: Rape

everest's review against another edition

5.0

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Here’s a quote from the book that really sums up what you can expect from this novel:
“A connected reality takes shape little by little. It works in the same way that the piling up of random sounds produces a single syllable from the monotonous repetition of what at first glance appears to be meaningless.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide

toed's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

nabaraditi's review against another edition

2.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

sydneybedell's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit

gotothecorner's review against another edition

1.75

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, War

Moderate: Abortion

12caro9's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment

tessorlando's review against another edition

3.5

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

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abortion

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape

ksenianovikova's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence