Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

52 reviews

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

aeterna's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Mental illness, and Sexual content

mollyp's review against another edition

I couldn’t read anymore of this, I was struggling to read it as it was and then the sex scene with a thirteen year old and the description of someone with mental health issues as being rotten on the inside where the final straws for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Homophobia

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

joshuahc's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, and Rape

Minor: Lesbophobia and Ableism

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

lotta_stay's review against another edition

challenging sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Suicide

505's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Lesbophobia

_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

almostblue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

It was hard to attribute a rating to this book as reading it quite literally led me into a depressive episode. I think it's because the different themes were really heavy, and the way human relationships were depicted felt particularly bleak at times. Without forgetting the misogyny.
 
Yet, this novel is so memorable. Naoko's character especially is very haunting. My heart still breaks for her. It was definitely not the most pleasing reading experience, but I'm glad I finished it. In fact, I stopped reading halfway through the first time because one scene made me way too uncomfortable (

I'm referring to that one scene about rape between a minor and an adult, during which the narration also felt really lesbophobic to me

), and I only managed to read it all the way through a year later. Maybe I'm too sensitive, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone without at least some content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Rape

Moderate: Suicide and Terminal illness

Minor: Lesbophobia