Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Revenge: A Novel by Yōko Ogawa

20 reviews

jan_coco_day's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Eleven short stories that are interconnected by dark strings that weave a tapestry of misery and violence in the lives of the characters who inhabit it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Animal death, Murder, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Death of parent

martynabrzana's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Blood, Child death, Animal death, and Murder

etherealsuju's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Stalking, Violence, Car accident, and Murder

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

quite a few of these were misses to me which lowered the rating despite some pretty good stories. i don’t know if i would consider them horror stories though. most were pretty tame imo. i did like how they all connected though 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Mental illness, Body horror, Medical content, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, and Blood

valent1ne's review against another edition

3.75

I’ve never read another book where every single character is so uniquely & disturbingly fucked up . very impressed by that . very cool how connected every story was too imo 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism and Pedophilia

cestlaluxure's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Adorei a forma como somos guiados através dos personagens, as histórias interligando-se, ajudando o leitor a desvendar o que aconteceu, muito além do que a conclusão individual de cada uma. A história anterior não encerra quando surge um novo título mas é (mais ou menos, dependendo das histórias) mencionada mais tarde com um pouco mais de contexto. Os personagens são dinâmicos e agradáveis, mesmo quando são criminosos ou cometem atos macabros. Ao ler este livro encontramo-nos num limbo sem grandes pressões morais e a escrita flui de forma agradável. 
As histórias podem ser lidas separadamente mas, neste livro em específico, penso que se ganha muito mais lendo pela ordem que o próprio livro propõe.
Achei o livro genial e compreendo o porquê de Yoko Ogawa ser tão premiada. Definitivamente quero ler mais livros da autora, nomeadamente The Memory Police e The Housekeeper and The Professor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Minor: Child death, Medical content, Death, Animal death, and Torture

linguaphile412's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Violence, Gore, Infidelity, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

sofiadanielle's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Having read The Memory Police, I was quite excited to get into more of Ogawa’s works. With this collection of short stories, I find myself quite surprised by the different style of writing, but all the more in love with Ogawa’s stories. 

This book is dark and almost horror-like in the way the tension is built throughout. It’s a quick read, one that I found quite enjoyable despite some of the darker themes. 

I have to say I’m not *too* fond of short stories since I like to get to know characters; but each story was quite engaging, though there was stronger ones here and there, and I wished the book had a more definite ending. 

Definitely delving into more of Ogawa’s writing after this, though! A solid 4 stars, if not 4.25 :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, and Death

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Child death, Murder, Gore, Confinement, Infidelity, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcohol, Suicide, Cancer, Car accident, and Pregnancy

pollyflorence's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Torture, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Toxic relationship