Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki

14 reviews

cturn's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

Characters - 8
Atmosphere - 6
Writing - 8
Plot - 9
Intrigue - 4
Logic - 6
Enjoyment - 7
CAWPILE score - 6.8

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Sexism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Infertility, Pedophilia, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

I truly disliked everything about this. Even if we approach it as a book that covers topics that I don't like or agree with, it could still be good — but this wasn't. It was so slow and so long. So much ick with all the body shaming and other TWs, I am sort of annoyed that I pushed through and finished the audiobook (sped it about to 2 to get through it). It was also kind of hard to keep all the characters in check, they all sounded the same 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Fatphobia, and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Lesbophobia

hgullegrogan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

Through a winding tale of food, murder, love, and journalism, AY illustrates the complexity of human relationships and the chain reaction that small decisions can cause. I thoroughly enjoyed following Rika on her journey of grief, self-discovery, and culinary exploration.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Death

kimib79's review

dark mysterious slow-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

3.0

This book started off strong and then just dragged on and on. It could have been 300 pages or perhaps fewer. Her married friend is bat crap crazy, fyi. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Blood, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Grief, and Toxic friendship

franzi_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Infertility, and Body shaming

sterredinah's review against another edition

inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Murder and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Infertility, and Pedophilia

whatzoreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Infertility, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

kirstym25's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Misogyny

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

katndrsn's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, and Suicide

Minor: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment

staghunters's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

I had very high hopes for this one and felt like that made this experience worse for me. 

Very promising start. Moves into a certain direction that I was looking forward to read and explore more, but the story changes tracks suddenly in the last stretch of the second act, right after a really tense moment ended in some sort of anti-climax.
For those that have read the book:

This is when Reiko goes to visit and stay with an old acquaintance of Kajii. It reads as if Yuzuki had planned for her to be killed, making this the single but in my opinion most impactful death in this whole story. This doesn't happen, but the way that Reiko is involved in the story is so minimal that she might as well have died.

Getting through the last 100 or so pages was a struggle, since a lot of the interesting stuff happens off-screen or is resolved on a whim and in a passing sentence. 
Rika and Kajii had a really interesting dynamic going on, and during the time that this developed and got more intense I had the most fun. But it is a shame that Yuzuki dropped such an interesting antagonist when a lot of the story still needed to be resolved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Sexism, and Fatphobia

Minor: Pedophilia