Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

161 reviews

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Toxic relationship

soni1597's review against another edition

dark medium-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

2.0

LOL only good thing was the descriptive language but even that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Rape, Pedophilia, and Death

ivulikkivulik's review against another edition

challenging sad

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Rape

mmatti300's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like I have given Haruki Murakami such a good shot at this point with 3 and an eighth of his books read, and yet I still just don't know what it is about him that I can't fully click with. I found myself incredibly bored during this one, which I hadn't experienced with any of his other books and was disappointing since this is probably one of his most popular books. I just did not gel with any of the characters and I still find his obsession with ejaculation disturbing and unnecessary. I think that this is probably between Kafka and Wind Up Bird for me and I might still try, if I can figure out how to get over his strange descriptions of women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicide, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

natalzieclaire's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Lesbophobia

bexdot's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

3.5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

sammibreads's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

I feel so weird about this book therefore it has not been rated yet. I was warned that the book was weird when women were involved but then there were so many women involved?? I don’t know if I liked it but I definitely reacted to it throughout. I am feeling odd. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Death, Rape, Pedophilia, and Misogyny

nzmerchant's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

I kinda hate how all the female characters were defined by their relationships with the main character (at least that’s what it felt like to me). The writing was beautiful of course coming from Murakami and I felt suspended in sadness while reading the book. Really interesting ideas about the space between life and death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content and Rape

alexis_something_rose's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

loved how the pacing of the narration allows you to sit with whatever the characters feel, and say, and do.
felt very uncomfortable when the characters made slut-shaming comments or casual jokes about rape.
a meditative and thoughtful read, just how i like them :) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape

trisreadssometimes's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content