Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

40 reviews

travisppe's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Very sad and mournful. Didn’t really land with me. I thought the concept was intriguing but the storyline didn’t connect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Classism, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

my goodness, everyone dies

squidknees's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Murder, Suicide, Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Violence, Child death, Grief, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and War

jennieb27's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Suicide, War, Grief, Abandonment, Child death, and Car accident

hapikohw's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

This was unfortunately underwhelming. I felt like a ghost to the story, or it was to me. Something felt vacant and missing. The premise was very appetizing, but the reality of the book for me was that I was gnawing on bones and left with no meat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Classism, Death, and War

islesbiyana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, and Child death

isaarusilor's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

zoiejanelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

some words other reviewers used to describe this book that i find accurate:

• melancholy
• meandering
• solemn
• poetic

this was a fascinating look into japanese culture and gave a simultaneously realistic and depressing view of the religious, class, and economic issues japanese people still deal with today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Child death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

Minor: War and Violence

chrisljm's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

The narration was very stream of consciousness, but unfortunately it wasn’t for me. However, something I did appreciate from the novel was how it lingered in my head and gave me things to think about afterwards. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, and Suicide

szuum's review against another edition

sad slow-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? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

mondovertigo's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Classism