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jackiepreston's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Pedophilia
Minor: Genocide
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, and Transphobia
Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Fatphobia, Grief, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Pedophilia, Classism, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and War
oceanwriter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The plot itself is fairly simple — five assassins on a train and a briefcase. I really couldn't tell you much more than that. The characters all blended together for me and I could never remember who was who (and I wasn't invested enough to put a great effort into doing so).
I got more of a heist vibe from this story than a thriller. I think I would have enjoyed the book a lot more if I was better acquainted with Japanese literature. It felt slow yet hectic which was an odd combination, and the names were confusing to me as well. Definitely a situation where the problem is my personal preference rather than the book itself (although I have nothing to compare it to in this genre). If not for this being a book club read, I wouldn't have bothered to finish it.
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty
Minor: Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Bullying
ggcd1981'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Gaslighting, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, Violence, and Bullying
Moderate: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Blood, and Stalking
Minor: Misogyny and Pedophilia
sarah984's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
I would have given this 5 stars but there's a minor side character who, while I enjoyed her, was constantly assailed by transmisogynist jokes and that bugged me. I'm hoping that gets fixed in the upcoming film version.
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Transphobia
Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Torture
madarauchiha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I wanted to like it from the summary. I didn't really click with it, but finished it anyways just to see what the conclusion was. I was pretty happy with it. I think there was more fighting scenes than I cared for, but that's a personal issue rather than a problem with the book. At times the plot does feel contrived. I think I would enjoy this more as a action movie. It was fairly slow paced. The writing was alright, it's well translated. I think my least favorite character is The Prince. Imagine that guy from Death Note but much younger and just as edgy.
content warnings [maybe incomplete]
minor parental death, domestic violence,
medium child abuse, violence, heights, medical scenarios, ableism, transphobia, transmisogyny, child death, diseases, pedophilia, csa, genocide, Rwandan genocide, medical experimentation, animal cruelty, dogs,
major guns, alcohol abuse, car accidents, death, murder, kidnapping, torture,
Graphic: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, and Torture
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Transphobia, Pedophilia, Genocide, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Death of parent and Domestic abuse