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Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

88 reviews

carinaisabelle's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

This was a painful read. The violence against our main character, a 14 year ols boy who we never learn the name of - he could be anyone. The bullies are too good at hiding their violence. The violence made me sick to my stomach. I was angry and I cried. Knowing that this is the reality of many people.

When we first meet the 14 year old boy, he is beeing beaten up and bullie for his lazy eye. And Kawakami, through her narrator let's us know that this is a normal occurrence for him.

In the novel we also meet Kojima, a girl in the same class as our main character who is also bein  bullied. She reaches out to the MC, and at first it feels like our MC finally get a friend. One that truly understands him and supporst him. But alas, it was not meant to be.
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yu_1hng's review

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

There's some pretty messed up shit in this book and there's no good guy wins and the bad guys get what they deserve. Its cuz its not that kind of a story. 

The two protagonists try to cope their bullying with honestly dysfunctional mindset. I don't agree with Kojima's optimisim in maybe the bullying means sth so they must endure it. However I do like how two opposite takes on life and it's meaning is presented. 

Additionally I think it highlights the severe bullying culture in school and how absent parents, shame culture and also the law allows t e increse in frequency and severity of such  occurrences .

I'd say when delving into this book being aware of our pre conceived ideas on how such stories should be handled and how a character should be reacting.
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ladysarahl's review

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dark emotional 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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perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

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

2.5

Not really my kind of book. It wasn’t bad at all, for what it is it’s wonderful but it was outside of my preferred genres. I like a more action packed story, but if you’re into books that are more emotional, introspective and thought provoking, almost philosophical, then this is for you! The relationship between the main character and Kojima was quite touching. Overall, not my cup of tea but definitely someone else’s fave. Check trigger warnings! There’s nothing especially graphic, but the story deals heavily with bullying. 
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breeamccarver's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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janinagnes's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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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ddnreads's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-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

It took me 2 days to finish this book and 4 days later to write a review. What I can come up with is ✨nggilani✨.
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lauren_may's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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jana_grimm's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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erickauribe's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

The writting is incredible, and it was interesting to see the different POV on why the people act the way they do, and how we justify or give meaning to our lifes. A lot philosophical ideas were thrown into the narrative.
However, the bullying scenes were a bit too harsh to read, I understand the meaning of these scenes, it was just hard to go through
 
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