Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima

24 reviews

strrygo's review

4.5

writing was so dreamy didn't expect Weightlessness coming out of a thing so miserable, so many strings of words that felt so sharp (the lines abt rage and despondency..unreal)stands apart from all the other mishima i've read but still feels like a natural progression :o blurry picture of a book, squinting at the sun, loved
book cover in the hall of fame of my heart!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual content

thursdd4y's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Grief

risemini's review

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Grief

mjoiner11's review

dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Sexual content and Domestic abuse

colyn117's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

boogiebeez's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Sexual content

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

4.0

this is exactly how I imagine those 'alpha male' podcasts will affect children


in all seriousness, it was very thought-provoking and unique, never have I come across something very similar to this. A tragic story, but what makes it even worse is that the boys' thoughts are not that much out of the ordinary, and people with mindsets like theirs do exist in real life. The writing was beautiful and compelling, surprisingly even in the sexual scenes — I've read much worse (Murakami...), this didn't even seem like it was written by a man (it's a compliment).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Suicide attempt

burdiebird's review

dark reflective slow-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Torture

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual content, Animal death, Blood, Sexism, and Violence

madi_oasis's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.5

Suspenseful and tense throughout, the world-building of this small, sleepy town in Japan was second to the sickening downward spiral of the MC as he grapples with grandiose ideas of masculinity and aggression. However, the level of gore and cruelty hits you like a freight train and felt way too gratuitous to find palatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Death of parent