Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

14 reviews

miafromorchardstreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

ayanami's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

cassiewbee's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, and Vomit

lozzo_bozo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexism, Eating disorder, Rape, and Alcoholism

edelstein's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Rape

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Dysphoria, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Sexism

kyuriiiiiii's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Rape

Moderate: Car accident and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Grief, Death, Body shaming, Suicide, and Misogyny

kia_y_k's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Sexism, Mental illness, Rape, and Car accident

Minor: Death

spogboy's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

only flaw is that hijiri and fuyuko dont end up together (romantically)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Car accident

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

_inge's review against another edition

I initially quite liked how much ‘light’ was explored in this, and how we got to see the main character struggling through life. Gradually though the discussions about what light entails felt forced, like they had to be included even though they didn’t add anything  to the story anymore. The conversations the characters had also became more and more frustrating. The protagonist replied to everything someone else just said by repeating the last couple of words the other person said. I don’t know if this is a translation issue, but she either kept repeating the person she was speaking to, or said something like ‘really?’ I really enjoy character studies, and I was interested in seeing how the protagonist would develop initially, but gradually I realised the protagonist simply wouldn’t grow as a person or do anything that I’d find interesting to read about. Early on we learn about her proofreading career, her dependence on alcohol and how work focused she is, but after a while none of this seems to really matter anymore and it simply shifts to her having conversations with people. I quit reading after a graphic r*pe scene, after which the protagonist doesn’t seem to reflect on this traumatic event at all and actually goes on a nice date with her abuser. I had 2 hours left on my audiobook and had planned to push through, but after this I simply couldn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual violence