Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

20 reviews

thursdd4y's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Grief

risemini's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Grief

colyn117's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

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 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Misogyny

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

this is exactly how I imagine those 'alpha male' podcasts will affect children


in all seriousness, it was very thought-provoking and unique, never have I come across something very similar to this. A tragic story, but what makes it even worse is that the boys' thoughts are not that much out of the ordinary, and people with mindsets like theirs do exist in real life. The writing was beautiful and compelling, surprisingly even in the sexual scenes — I've read much worse (Murakami...), this didn't even seem like it was written by a man (it's a compliment).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Suicide attempt

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Sexism, and Violence

madi_oasis's review against another edition

dark tense 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

Suspenseful and tense throughout, the world-building of this small, sleepy town in Japan was second to the sickening downward spiral of the MC as he grapples with grandiose ideas of masculinity and aggression. However, the level of gore and cruelty hits you like a freight train and felt way too gratuitous to find palatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

_grmlin's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

vilena's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, and Blood

1ntergalactic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, and Animal cruelty