Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

17 reviews

sunny_not's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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

I was going to give this 4 stars but it lost me at

why would he sleep with Reiko as well bro it doesn't add anything to the plot. That's the problem with this book even though I enjoyed it a lot at times in the middle of important events and sad situations people would sleep with each other and tell each other dirty jokes for pages and pages and for no reason. Reiko's back story was almost good with the failing pianist storyline but then it all got ruined for me with the Adult/minor bits. I don't know I just don't think there was any need for that. In Kafka on the shore it was like this as well, I don't know what the whole deal is with this authors books and adult minor content but I really don't like it. Also the misogyny...

I did like the plot mostly, it was depressing, tragic but it had some good lessons and it was quite reflective. Characters were quite interesting and flawed and I'm glad I gave this book a chance after all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Mental illness, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexism, and Misogyny

mimosakettunen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Terminal illness

moopreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

shei1a's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Homophobia

aliceandrews's review

emotional relaxing 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: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Misogyny

aliciarosales's review against another edition

lighthearted 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? It's complicated

1.0

Although I liked the writing style, the characters were not lovable at all. The main character is so boring, I would have rather read this story from the perspective of any of the female characters. 

I don't understand how he had sex with all of them. The author describes a sex scene that's probably rape but then doesn't acknowledge it, and instead fetishizes lesbians.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Homophobia

closelywatchedfilms's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

1.0

Haruki Murakami really irritates me as an author because he clearly has the ability to write beautiful, intense passages but seems to simultaneously possess a desire to make every single female reader feel as uncomfortable as possible. There were events in this book that made me visibly cringe and overall is incredibly problematic. Unfortunately, I think my time attempting to connect with Murakami is now over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Blood