Reviews

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

emerentina's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

jeanbigurra's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-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

kalninjss's review against another edition

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

3.25

belford4's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

vishal_moorthy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

eligos's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.0

verapoyraz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

jekyll's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

art8mis's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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

I went in knowing very little about this book. It was not at all what I was thinking and had stuch a wild ending. 

afterttherain's review against another edition

5.0

“An ugliness unfurled in the moonlight and soft shadow and suffused the whole world. If I were an amoeba, he thought, with an infinitesimal body, I could defeat ugliness. A man isn’t tiny or giant enough to defeat anything.”

This was so beautiful.