Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

46 reviews

ddnreads's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Vomit, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Body shaming

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.0

i really wish i liked this one more than i did :( i do plan on reading the rest of kawakami’s works, but this one didn’t stand out that much. the middle of the book was hard for me to get through bc of the broken nose, but that’s just bc i’m too squeamish lmfao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death and Eating disorder

the_procrastinatorinator's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I’m too dumb for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

teriodvarkova88's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Because we're always in pain, we know exactly what it means to hurt somebody else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

kpeps's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

Sad yet hopeful, a great text looking at friendship and violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Vomit

junzoin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

honestly, i love the first half of the book a lot. it was painful and really eye opening to bullying until i got to the second half where everything got way too uncomfortable for me to handle. the ending to me was pretty unsatisfactory as well but overall i would still recommend this to others just because of how eye opening it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Bullying, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

mainon_'s review

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm and Torture

Minor: Vomit and Sexual violence

char1otte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

kajasversion's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I absolutely adored the writing, I think it was truly phenomenal especially the vivid descriptions and the metaphors. However the story itself was… weird? Like I don’t get how a 14 yo bully can think the way it was presented in this book, and also I felt  a lot of the time that I was being pushed an agenda or a way of thinking from almost every character. And the bullying scenes really did not have to be so graphic, especially considering how many there were. It was actually traumatising just reading about it since you spend the majority of the book reading about how they are being abused and not actually spending half as much time on developing them as a person and exploring how they are feeling. Idk it just felt flat for me and it had great potential at the beginning, however I was greatly disappointed. 

TW: attempted rape

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicide

lenin_lover_69's review

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit