Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

128 reviews

janey_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing sad 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

3.0

I expected too much after reading Hard-Boiled Wonderland before. This is a rather slice of life themed book without any fantasy rooting. In general the story line is a nice idea and I guess he put lot of thought and effort into it. It was rather boring to me reading it. 
Like someone said before it was a bit obvious that the book was written by a man. I also didn't like much of the body shaming aspects. Yet his way of describing the scenery and places in his books, his writing in general is brilliant. Mixed feelings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Death

mostpeoplecallmemilo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Addiction

angela_iseli'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Grief

arthages's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.5

A deeply disturbing book to read as a queer female person. The descriptions of scenery are nice though? 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Lesbophobia

2hermione4's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed the symbolism that was used, especially regarding the 4 basic elements of nature, but the sexism and the uncomfortable sex scenes made me consider not finishing the book.
*Check trigger warnings*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexism, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

joanabryant's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Death of parent, and Death

crosereader's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Death of parent

seanajk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Blood

_rowan_'s review against another edition

reflective 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

4.0

This is a weird book. I love Murakami’s writing style and i (mostly) enjoyed reading this book but there are problematic elements (I especially really really hated the story of when Reiko was a music teacher). The thing is, I don’t know if Murakami is a genius and has carefully constructed his characters or if these are his own misogynistic etc views coming through. Definitely give it a read but remember to check the content warnings (there are a lot). <3

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Blood and Lesbophobia

bcooper21's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Forced institutionalization