Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

38 reviews

mosscrumble's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.0

before the 3/4 mark i probably would have given this book only 3.5 stars. there is a lot that doesnt get addressed or challenged early on so it feels like these triggering topics are being glossed over without much discussion. later on it becomes apparent that fuyuko is coping with her life that way, hence the way the topics are written. fuyuko as a character comes to life a lot more in the end of the book, where she is starting to take agency in her life, and i particularly like how the books ends out with hijiri. of all the people who talk and talk at fuyuko one-sided throughout, hijiri is the only one who makes an active attempt to get to know fuyuko despite her own character flaws

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, and Vomit

reinafair119's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

strawberriie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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: Addiction and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming and Suicidal thoughts

poojag's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Addiction, Rape, and Sexual assault

sappie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit

laurenleannereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

charlereads's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

elisa_rachel's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Rape

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

torismazarine's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

333amreen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

The first half of the book felt REALLY slow paced (and it was!) but the latter half really caught me in (though it was just as, if not more slow) but what was different was the emotional connection I'd built with the characters! While this book can be found boring & uneventful by some (like past me) In hindsight, there's actually SO MUCH you can take from it if you you keep an open mind when reading this one, instead of constantly thinking "ugh, what's going on?" I now completely understand why someone on yt said it's a must read for when you're in your 20s. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE‼️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol