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Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

224 reviews

alissa_lopez's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely beautiful, heart breaking, soul stirring book. It has been quite a long time since I have read a book like this. Mieko's writing is so beautiful and descriptive. One of very few books that I read bit, by bit, so that it would last longer.

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cute_emo_bookboy's review

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dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.5


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my_a's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

⭐️3.99

God this was heavy and uncomfortable in its directness, especially if you've been bullied. Definetly feels like a Booker Prize book.

Beautiful prose and interesting philosophies, makes you think about bullying, trauma, and relationships.

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alinas_library's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Ein sehr direkter, schnörkelloser und sachlicher Erzählstil berichtet aus Sicht des 14-jährigen Protagonisten von Mobbing, Gewalt und einer ungewöhnlichen Freundschaft. Fassungslos über die Untätigkeit und das Wegsehen der Erwachsenen, die rohe Gewalt der Mitschüler*innen und das fehlende Mitgefühl lässt mich dieses Buch mit sehr gemischten Gefühlen zurück. 

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pezinho's review

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dark emotional reflective sad 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

It's sad how to Kojima, the thing that makes their friendship possible is their trauma or "signs". It's as if she can't see him for anything else other than his signs, while he sees Kojima as a friend and someone who understands him. 

Because her signs are not something innate, but something she actively decides to do to stick out, she can't understand how it is to have to deal with something out of your control like he does, so her judging him for wanting to change felt even more tone-deaf. To me, it showed she never truly understood him.

I enjoyed seeing "Eyes" relationship with his mom develope closer to the end of the book. It was hopeful to see him be able to open up to her, speak his mind and make the decisions he felt was best for him, to actually have control of his own life for once.

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frankieclc's review against another edition

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3.0


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_misha_'s review

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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szarygolab's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense

5.0


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suzablam's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Not yet sure what this book wants to tell me, but beautifully written (especially the environments, painfully raw & honest

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markovskaiskra's review

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5


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