Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Podziemie pamięci by Yōko Ogawa

131 reviews

annorabrady's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

The book was an interesting premise but I had more questions than answers at the end. I expected some kind of explanation for what was happening, why the police were there enforcing it, why certain people were immune, etc. But instead it ended with just as much, if not less, knowledge of the events as it started. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, and Police brutality

franzi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Confinement

Moderate: Death

Minor: Infidelity

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Police brutality, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape and Animal death

ek4therin4h's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Sexual violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Death

jaylee_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

greenrequiem's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

While not explicitly mentioned within the novel, the premise could be triggering for people sensitive to the topics of dementia/amnesia. Additionally

the main character hiding a man in her house

is very reminiscent of real-world events in World War II (particularly the diary of Anne Frank which is a stated inspiration for the novel). This could be triggering to people sensitive to material surrounding the holocaust/world War ii/antisemitism.

ra22ouille's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

My brain has been marinating in so many questions about identity, collective memory, and submission. The Memory Police deftly tackles slippery existential concepts and guided me through an exploration that wound downward into dark hole.
The characters were repulsive because of a deep fear that they stirred with their submission.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Minor: Rape

jediprincess's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

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

5.0

This is such a beautiful novel. I love how the world wasn’t explained -

why were the memory police doing what they were doing? No clue, other than the need for power/control. So with the characters not fighting back against them, that fact made the world even more haunting.

It kind of reminds me of Broken April. This will be a reread

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Rape

pigeonpersona's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Kidnapping, Violence, Gaslighting, and Confinement

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual assault