Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

77 reviews

lilaceous's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

characters - ⭐️

plot - ⭐️

engaging to read - ⭐️

would recommend - .5⭐️

would read again - ⭐️

i lovedd reading this book. it’s well written, unique, and good weird. the first half delighted and surprised me in so many ways. that being said, there are some upsetting sexual relationships in the second half that make this a hard book to recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Gore, and Rape

amymarchlawrence's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Medical content

luciuh's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

woooww!!!!! this is my first murakami book and i can firmly say that 1) he’s an amazing author and that 2) he’s an absolute freak. i think this is one of those books where i understood so much reading it, but still feel that there is so much more to understand about it. it’s characters exist in this strange state of conscious and unconscious, magical realism to a T… if only he would write women well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

Moderate: Gore

lio_ramon_dolor's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Violence, Death, Sexism, Blood, Gore, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: War

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Gore, Violence, Rape, and Incest

bubble0nex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

what the actual fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Gore

Minor: Incest

sebas83bi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual content, and Blood

soumil_da_vinci's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

3.75

It's like fine wine.
Everyone won't like it.
You will have to read some other stuff,other classic books, a taste of magic realism and all that before you get here.
The ending is criticised by many but once you start reading it you will understand the flow, how the story is and by the time you reach the end you will understand why it ends like that even though you might not agree to the ending. Hell, you might not like the whole story but the time won't surely be wasted.
I highly recommend it to one and all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Incest, Sexual content, Violence, War, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Grief, Gore, and Animal cruelty

mirandyli's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

A trippy combo of Catcher in the Rye and Oedipus Rex. Slow moving at times. Not sure what the takeaway was supposed to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Grief

toastgesnackt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Incest, Sexual assault, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Murder, Rape, Gore, Blood, Self harm, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia