Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

61 reviews

readwithsophsx'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

kittm's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Confinement

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Police brutality

cbala6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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: Grief and Death

calicos's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Animal death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

issymaae's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Police brutality, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Animal death

apthompson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Death, Animal death, Body horror, and Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

avasbookmark's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Rape

steph_phanie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

carolined314's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

This is a novel-sized lament, and has some gorgeous writing. It simply didn't hold me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Grief

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

D: if i read this before i went to bed i think i would have gently cried myself to sleep

‘No matter how careful we are, we all leave behind little bits of ourselves as we go about our lives.’

‘Nothing remained on the hillside except things that were quietly awaiting their ruin.’

‘"But how can you hold something that has disappeared?"’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Death, and Blood