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virgoreading's review against another edition
Killing of animal (kitten) was not what I was expecting when going into this book. I won't be reading any further
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Misogyny
asililydying's review against another edition
2.75
mishima's novels have been some of the biggest disappointments, as he was mythologized as this psychotic esthete romantic who took his art so serious he killed himself publicly in order to realize it. In reality, of course, like most of the 'master oeuvre' or canon, there is very little worthy of analysis here beyond how absolutely misogynistic people are, and how much vile shit we call 'art' as just an excuse to be raging fucking losers; I thought there was something interesting in Yukio Mishima, and there still is on a metaphysical level, but the man's work is boring, trite, sexist, and most hilariously, puffed up as this monumental vision of the world. Perhaps this is just a dud, and Golden Pavillion was a different kind of terrible.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Misogyny
Moderate: Misogyny
owlribbon's review against another edition
dark
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Sexism, and Violence
epellicci's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Death, Murder, Animal death, and Gore
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism
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