Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

8 reviews

bookish_skies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child abuse

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Sexism

nabila99's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

i'm normally someone who loves lots of descriptions and setting detailed scenes - but this book had way, way too much of it. cut out the (very repetitive) descriptions of the sea, sky and ships and 1/3 of the book would be gone. also, i know the central theme is sailing / the sea / ships, but a totally excessive amount of nautical jargon is used, to the point that it's very frustrating and impossible to research every single one.

otherwise, it has some beautiful prose and a dark, intriguing story, but the above issues made it difficult to stay engaged and a bit of a slog at times. the character of fusako was also underdeveloped and underutilised.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt

jadeuntitled's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

2.0

I would give anything to unread Chapter 5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

Slight mention of incest (the main character watches his mother having sex and describes her body and such)

kiana_hi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Child abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping and Stalking

l4r4777's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-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

There is a lot of substance in this book, and a lot of interesting points, but it wasn't really for me. Maybe I don't have the brain capacity to understand a lot of what this book is trying to say, or I just got bored. I can see how someone may love this book though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Self harm

april_anya's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

An already dark and disturbing story made downright creepy when contextualised with Mishima's views and actions. Beautifully and lyrically descriptive language, if somewhat drawn-out at times. Overall, really interesting, but I sometimes felt the plot seemed slightly shallow?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

attila's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content