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bananaza55's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Rape
minnie_xx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Dementia, Adult/minor relationship, and Lesbophobia
samchase112's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Death exists, not as the opposite but as a part of life… Death exists — in a paperweight, in four red and white balls on a billiard table — and we go on living and breathing it into our lungs like fine dust.
Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit to forget that.
I miss you awful sometimes, but in general I go on living with all the energy I can muster.
And I'm just going to keep on getting stronger. I'm going to mature. I'm going to be an adult. Because that's what I have to do. I always used to think I'd like to stay seventeen or eighteen if I could. But not anymore. I'm not a teenager anymore. I've got a sense of responsibility now. I'm not the same guy I was when we used to hang out together. I'm twenty now. And I have to pay the price to go on living.
By living our lives, we nurture death. True as this might be, it was only one of the truths we had to learn.
And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown…
Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Vomit, Rape, and Medical content
ccpetrikas's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Toxic relationship
giulia_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Mental illness
Minor: Death of parent
bexdot's review against another edition
- 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
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
rushh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Suicide, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Death
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Medical content and Infidelity
artsyfartsybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
NB the one criticism I had of this book was all the graphic sex scenes. It doesn't necessarily take away from the quality of the novel, but it is quite confronting and I believe it didn't add much to the story. I'm fine with authors discussing sex in their novels, but it doesn't need to be done in such detail every time (I think perhaps I understand it in the scene with Naoko, but none of the others, especially the one with Reiko at the end). Anyway, this isn't to dissuade anyone from reading the book because it's still brilliant, but just be on guard for graphic sex scenes if this is something you are sensitive to.
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death, Suicide, and Mental illness
mollyp's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Grief, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Homophobia
nzmerchant's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content and Rape