Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

20 reviews

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

faemp3's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, and Chronic illness

marristmass's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, and Chronic illness

ninaaaaa's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

paperandwax's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kkmk'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? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

yatinarora's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

deadmosquitoonmywall's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

It's romance based. Good if you don't mind s*x. I cried so hard.
Major trigger warning on this book for s**cide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

seven people die and only 2 of them didn't go by suicide

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

I wanted to give Murakami another try as this book was chosen for a book club I am part of but I can now say that he is not for me. All of the aspects that I disliked about The Wind Up Bird Chronicles: meandering plot, annoying characters, cringey sex scenes; they were also present here. It gets an extra .5 stars because of the lack of magical realism elements. Really it was pretty bleak with, as with WUBC, the main redeeming feature being the descriptive writing style and in-depth character searching monologues. Sorry Murakami, I tried.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Infidelity

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Bullying

booksandmo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Rape