Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

6 reviews

vejis's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Fatphobia

federica123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Sexism, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I read the book a second time, and although I enjoyed it the first time, I enjoyed it a little more now.  The main reason was that I wasn't confused at the beginning and knew the motives, the world of the book, and overall it made sense to me from the beginning.  I found the writing and storytelling style to be very enjoyable. I also really liked the story and it was very nicely laid out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, and Death

zorc_'s review

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

My enjoyment of the book fluctuated, from highs with meeting fun new characters and developing ones I thought I had figured out, to lows with extremely long expositional monologues (thankfully, these are limited in number). The main character gives off the vibes of an alcoholic unaware of his own problem, but it never poses much of an issue, so maybe Murakami is also unaware of the character’s problem. 

The ending doesn’t explicitly state what happens to the main character, but the pieces are in place for things to turn out pretty happily.

It’s got a lot of Murakami’s hallmarks, but no graphic sex.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Violence

mmarques's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Not my favorite Murakami book, but it was still wonderful. What a crazy story! A few fantastic characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

alithea's review

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming and Eating disorder

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Violence