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Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

195 reviews

plumblossom_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

fairytomie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.25

This book truly ripped my heart out. This is my introduction to Kawakami’s work and i’m in love with how poetic her writing is. 

Justice for these characters and the fact we don’t know what happened to Kojima is so heart-wrenching.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Ableism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, and Death

miafromorchardstreet's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

This shattered my heart into a million pieces and put it back together again with a new kind of beauty. Mieko you’re a different sort of genius.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

augie_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Bullying, and Sexual content

carinaisabelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

This was a painful read. The violence against our main character, a 14 year ols boy who we never learn the name of - he could be anyone. The bullies are too good at hiding their violence. The violence made me sick to my stomach. I was angry and I cried. Knowing that this is the reality of many people.

When we first meet the 14 year old boy, he is beeing beaten up and bullie for his lazy eye. And Kawakami, through her narrator let's us know that this is a normal occurrence for him.

In the novel we also meet Kojima, a girl in the same class as our main character who is also bein  bullied. She reaches out to the MC, and at first it feels like our MC finally get a friend. One that truly understands him and supporst him. But alas, it was not meant to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Eating disorder

rockmelon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

listen, if there's a hell, we're in it. and if there's a heaven, we're already there. this is it.

unhappamine & nihilismapamine 
with a touch of happamine & reflectpamine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Blood, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder

letheii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

the narrator wouldve top kinned shinji ikari

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Cancer

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Not really my kind of book. It wasn’t bad at all, for what it is it’s wonderful but it was outside of my preferred genres. I like a more action packed story, but if you’re into books that are more emotional, introspective and thought provoking, almost philosophical, then this is for you! The relationship between the main character and Kojima was quite touching. Overall, not my cup of tea but definitely someone else’s fave. Check trigger warnings! There’s nothing especially graphic, but the story deals heavily with bullying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Suicide, Sexual content, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

oscarnotwildin's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Eating disorder, and Self harm

asherabrams's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• 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? It's complicated

5.0

It took me days after reading Heaven to decide how I wanted to rate it, because this book is not a 5⭐️, like my other silly little 5⭐️. I did not enjoy reading this book. This book hurt. It introduces you to vicious everyday people with no sense of morality, and those just trying to survive their senseless wrath, and it is so hard to read because of that, but Kawakami writes it so well in such a short book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Eating disorder