Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Coin Locker Babies by Ryū Murakami

7 reviews

dryakubslab's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

jacky_reads_books's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was the strangest and most disturbing book I have read. It is a story about two boys who are left in a coin locker by their mothers. They grow up together in a foster home as brothers. One of them has passion for pole vaulting (Kiku), the other one wants to become a singer (Hashi). 

Hashi flees to Tokyo to pursue singing and gets taken advantage of by D, who wants to make money off his sad life story by going against his back and setting up a live tv show airing for Hashi to meet his mother. Hashi finds out before and goes to seek his mother. He finds out she is actually dead and the person D found is Kiku’s mother. 

Kiku arrives at the scene of the tv show, ready to kill D for upsetting his brother (he has some anger issues). When the cameras get in his face he shoots his mother in the face and gets taken to a juvenile detention center. There he eventually escapes with help of his girlfriend, Anemone. They go and find DATURA, some kind of crazy drug that makes people extremely aggressive, and use it to wreck Tokyo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

hyliansaiyan's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-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

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I loved "In the Miso Soup" by Ryu Murakami, so this rating may be a bit biased.

I didnt know where the book was headed but I didnt mind the places it took me. A little gory, dark, funny (subjectively) and chaotically hopeful in a weird way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape

kozumethan's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

nadir's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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conflicted about my own thoughts/feelings/???s on this one.. it’s. A Lot. 

+!hits about every tw out there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

alexcavanaugh's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I would not recommend this book to anyone. This book is 500 pages. The story could've been told in 250, easily. Even if it wasn't just an edgy shock-fest, its bloated length is enough to say you should stay away. I enjoy the author's prose, but I wish he had channeled it differently, and kept it brief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

aegireads's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence