Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

81 reviews

yayokay's review against another edition

4.25

embarrassingly late first book of the year

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

jleen3's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

sunflowersarepretty's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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? It's complicated

wth?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Child death

Minor: Medical content and Medical trauma

glutenfreebread's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, and Violence

cviii's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Excrement, Classism, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, and Medical content

laughingrecord's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Ableism, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Grief

joeyclowns's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Bullying

sahar18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Self harm, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

Oh boi, this was a heavy one. Heaven follows our two main characters in middle school as they deal with severe bullying, and how their trauma brings them together in a desperate, and often dysfunctional, friendship.
 
Such a raw portrayal of brutal human experience, of abuse, and what people can do to each other. 

I rarely felt compelled to pick this one up, partly because of how difficult many of the scenes were to read, but also because it didn't fully grab my attention. For such a short book it did take me a little while to read. I can't really say I 'enjoyed' it, but it did definitely have an impact and is very skillfully written.

Please don't underestimate the content warnings with this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

soph1768's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder