Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

21 reviews

meaghanelizabook's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, Child death, and Suicide

deannawalton's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Child death, Animal death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

eyredactyl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Death of parent

lucylou's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I picked this up because of the beautiful cover at my library, and never expected this short story to make me cry multiple times in such a short period. Some musings seemed fairly random, but at its heart it’s a story of people trying to live through the hardships that life gives them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Pregnancy, Murder, Ableism, and Death of parent

ambert's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

You never did have any luck did you?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

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

amandadevoursbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

This is a slim book that packs a punch. I read the translated text. 

Kazu is dead. He is haunting the place that he killed himself, Tokyo Ueno Station and Park. The book is mashup of a memoir and a slice of life novel. Kazu tells us about his life and his memories as he relates the conversations he observes first a homeless person and second as a literal ghost. 

It is a beautifully constructed story that is a story of migrations and their impacts on families. It presents the stark differences between Kazu's life and that of the Japanese royal family, and it lays out the life of a poorer man doing the best he can to support his family in the face of societal change. 

Some of the most interesting passages to me highlight how diverse Japanese culture is. A lot of times as a Westerner, we see the food, the music, the art, and we never see the family dynamics. This book peels the curtain back a little so we get a glimpse of a complex, dynamic culture. 

I just wanted Kazu to catch a break. He never does, and the ending is gutrenching

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Xenophobia, and Death

surlyjackson's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent