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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
It felt like an acid trip, like until around more than halfway through the book, I was disgusted and kind of judgmental and then I was just really confused and then I got grossed out again and then I was like ‘well, what was the point of writing that?’ apparently this is what nonfiction authors want to achieve when they say they want to write a literary fiction, it felt like garbage at some point and I just wanted it to end
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Step into the world of victim of bully where weakness is the strength to survive and had that one friend become the Heaven on moving on the harsh life of teenage years.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-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
Muy triste 😭
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
challenging
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I feel pretty conflicted about this book. It had a pain beyond words, a loneliness beyond comprehension as it's setting, colored through two, perhaps three characters' perception.
There aren't many books that escape my understanding but this one bordered dangerously close to it at times. Maybe it just takes one to know what a person goes through when bullied.
Even so, the book was well written, though some parts were overly detailed. Still, being a slim tome, didn't find it hard to get through at any point.
The pithy message, or what I took out of it, will remain with me for a long time.
There aren't many books that escape my understanding but this one bordered dangerously close to it at times. Maybe it just takes one to know what a person goes through when bullied.
Even so, the book was well written, though some parts were overly detailed. Still, being a slim tome, didn't find it hard to get through at any point.
The pithy message, or what I took out of it, will remain with me for a long time.
'Heaven' is an unsettling story about two victims of bullying (aged 14) who become friends on the basis of their respective tragedies.
The book explores themes of ableism and classism. It also sets forth two contradictory philosophical arguments regarding the strong trampling over the weak. One suggesting that the hardships of the weak exist for a purpose that can only be understood in retrospect or by a god, and another suggesting that there is no unique reason or purpose for people having challenges and the fact that a person struggles is purely coincidence. It views these arguments under the lens of the poor who struggle to earn yet who's efforts bear no fruit, and the victims of bullying who are suffering the torment of their classmates for no wrong on their part.
Each of the takes on 'purpose' and 'meaning' or the lack thereof, create a different vision of 'Heaven' presented to the reader.
The book explores themes of ableism and classism. It also sets forth two contradictory philosophical arguments regarding the strong trampling over the weak. One suggesting that the hardships of the weak exist for a purpose that can only be understood in retrospect or by a god, and another suggesting that there is no unique reason or purpose for people having challenges and the fact that a person struggles is purely coincidence. It views these arguments under the lens of the poor who struggle to earn yet who's efforts bear no fruit, and the victims of bullying who are suffering the torment of their classmates for no wrong on their part.
Each of the takes on 'purpose' and 'meaning' or the lack thereof, create a different vision of 'Heaven' presented to the reader.
they ARE FOURTEEN
teenagers are so evil
evil evil evil
devastating book i had to skip a lot of gruesome, graphic depictions of bullying
ultimately, the novel poses the question of if suffering bears meaning, or if everything is arbitrary. kawakami is evil
teenagers are so evil
evil evil evil
devastating book i had to skip a lot of gruesome, graphic depictions of bullying
ultimately, the novel poses the question of if suffering bears meaning, or if everything is arbitrary. kawakami is evil
