Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

40 reviews

ritte_e's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.5

Only giving this a 1.5* review since the writing style is good (with good translation); unfortunately a very distasteful scene nearly made me drop it. The characterization of the female characters is questionable and prominently unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Pedophilia, Cancer, Sexism, Death, and Mental illness

mostpeoplecallmemilo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Cancer, and Addiction

joanabryant's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, Death of parent, and Death

libriandthoughts's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

3.0

Questo libro mi ha lasciato un velo di tristezza, per il dolore che permea la storia dall'inizio alla fine. Però un piccolo spiraglio di luce si può intravedere in mezzo a tutto questo buio: l'amore per l'unica persona che si desidera al mondo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer and Grief

matthewbubish's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I went into the book knowing nothing about it besides the title being the same as a beautiful Beatles song (who I love). What prompted this was this book being listed as #1 on many sites as an essential book in Japanese literature. While it was personally a very difficult read at times, I thought there was many that, unfortunately, most people can probably relate to. It made me think, which is something I haven’t had a book do to me in a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Cancer, Death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

jeremie's review against another edition

adventurous sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Mental illness, Suicide, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer

sando's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Ummm…..that ending really threw me lol. I found the first half really slow but I eventually got invested after Reiko’s story. She was definitely my favorite character. The characters did feel pretty real for the most part. The book can be quite sad and shocking at times so I recommend reading the list of triggers before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Child death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Torture

aisclaradm's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

3.5

Slow-moving romance novel. I quite enjoyed it, but I couldn't pinpoint what I liked about it and sometimes found myself bored or uncomfortable with certain elements. I think I was hoping for more from the book about which I had heard so many rave reviews (hence my missing star and a bit) but overall it was lovely, with a beautiful ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Sexual content, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Sexism and Cancer

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

lavender_lake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

Poetic and full of beautiful sentiments.

Sadly, the female characters seem to be mostly vessels for the protagonist’s sexual / romantic self exploration.

Also: a LOT of suicide 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Mental illness, Suicide, Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, and Sexual assault

whykay's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Self harm, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Death of parent, Cancer, and Adult/minor relationship