Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

18 reviews

solasuaine's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

indiarose8's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I loved the way it was written and the careful way it offered observations about womanhood but I wish there had been more of a storyline. I wanted to know more about the main character's sister and her life. There was a page where the author discusses seeing a transperson in the bathhouse. I was mildly uncomfortable because it felt slightly transphobic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Alcohol

sydneybedell's review

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infertility, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide, Transphobia, and Cancer

literary__mary's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a beautiful book! The writing reminded me a lot of a Sally Rooney novel, and the way the author captioned human emotions is amazing. The only reason I can’t give it 5 stars is because some sections dragged a bit for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia

uhm_kai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

beautifully written and weirdly relatable

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

mo_reads6's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

This was one of the most interesting books I've read in a long time. I found the detailed descriptions engaging, making it feel like you were right there with the characters. Everything about it was so raw and real that it was uncomfortable at times but in a good way. Overall, I liked the first half of the book more. I loved reading about the relationships between Natsuko, Makiko, and Midoriko. Their experiences and feelings were so relatable that my bookmark was a pencil because I was underlining so much.  I feel like it's the type of book where it's either your style or not your style at all. However, if you're hesitating, I'd say give this book a try. It really is beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

book_voyager's review against another edition

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

3.25

The first part of the book was really dragging, and I almost DNFed the whole book. Nothing just made sense, and to be honest, I still don’t have an idea what Makiko’s breasts had to do with anything. Everything seemed so messy.

Luckily, I didn’t stop reading, and I really liked part 2 of the book. The themes of that part where something that hit somewhat close to me and that’s why enjoyed reading it.

As a whole, this book has a lot of elements and I don’t know if they are all necessary. Is it important that Natsuko is a writer, is it important that Midoriko didn’t want to talk to her mum? I don’t know. I think the book would’ve worked without several things.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

aliceayres's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Infertility, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, and Death

There are some very disturbing parts concerning a sperm donor I didn’t see coming. Please be aware of this.