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thehmkane's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Death of parent
linguaphile412's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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 :)
Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, and Death
taleofabibliophile's review against another edition
4.5
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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Torture, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Toxic relationship
eaux_etrange'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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Murder and Death
Minor: Child death and Animal death
mshea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death and Child death
surlyjackson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Animal death, Medical content, Death, and Torture
Minor: Suicide attempt
samdalefox's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
This was sooooo close to being 5 stars. I'm still torn over it. If StoryGraph hadn't implemented the 0.25 increments this would definitely by rated as 5 stars. The reason I didn't score it full marks, was I think the last two stories 'Tomatoes and the full moon' and 'poison plants' let the collection down a little bit. The connected, convoluted, unreliable story within a story technique was exhausted and a little confusing in these last two stories. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed spotting the connections and imagery between the stories. I think it's rare for short story collections to feel cohesive, and 'Revenge' certainly does that as it layers stories and characters on top of each other like pages of surreal translucent OHP acetate.
List of the stories in the 'Revenge' collection:
- Afternoon at the Bakery (5)
- Fruit Juice (5)
- Old Mrs J (5)
- The Little Dustman (5)
- Lab Coats (5)
- Sewing for the Heart (5)
- Welcome to the Museum of Torture (5)
- The Man Who Sold Braces (5)
- The Last Hour of the Bengal Tiger (4.5)
- Tomatoes and the Full Moon (4.5)
- Poison Plants (4.5)
Minor: Child death, Death, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Animal death
spacerocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, and Murder