Reviews tagging 'Death'

Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima

8 reviews

angela_iseli's review

dark funny tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexism, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

_tabby_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

"Life for sale" is an incredibly reflective dive into attitudes and feelings towards the complicated topic of death. The main character makes his values and interpretations of death very clear from the beginning but its interesting to follow him and see how he responds to other people with similar or different views. He appears almost judgemental to those who value life or are scared of death which makes him a bit difficult to love (since he's so 2 dimensional and factual so far as his personality is concerned) but the focus isn't meant to be on his loveability so that isn't a bad factor at all.
This book came to me at a time in my life where death and existentialism was very present so it was very interesting to see how this book represented a life surrounded (almost obssesed) by those topics
Can't wait to read more of Mishima's work as I have quite a few of his books lined up next

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

jenna_rren86's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book started felt like short stories that were only somewhat contracted until about the last quarter when it became more tense. It was mostly lighthearted in a dark-humor way throughout

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content

toffishay's review

dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

A really interesting premise, that quickly became flat and repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia, Ableism, Fatphobia, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual content, Torture, and Transphobia

hallie_iv's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

While being very nihilistic at times, the novel provides a surreal look at a man desperate to die and the forces keeping him from doing so. His suicidal tendencies almost work as a super power against outside forces. Providing the main character with a unique perspective. If you can get past the King level objectification of women, it’s a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death

toon4mi's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

hadlihawkins's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Self harm, Classism, Sexual content, and Torture

stanbleebs's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

There were some beautiful moments and some interesting chunks of writing that kept me going. Also this book sent me down a rabbit hole of research about the author. I couldn’t help but connect his story to the main character. All this kept me reading through the bad dialogue, blatant misogyny, and bad political takes. This wasn’t an enjoyable read for me but it was an interesting experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Suicide, Murder, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal cruelty, Incest, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Addiction, Ableism, Violence, and Colonisation