Reviews with content warning for Suicide - Norwegian Wood

heartbreakingly good, the characters felt like real people and how murakami is able to explore grief and loss was really effective.

i would also check the trigger warnings before reading, some stuff i read i didnt expect and it was quite disturbing

Content Warnings

dreamy_reader_'s review

Go to review page

challenging dark sad slow-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

Content Warnings

mirrorofneptune's review against another edition

Go to review page

reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Very quickly on in this book I realized that none of the characters talk like any actual living person I’ve ever heard before. They’re all melodramatic and philosophical and you just have to roll with that. All of the women are arguably manic-pixie-dream-girl-esque but several of the men, including the narrator, are arguably manic-pixie-dream-boy-esque so I guess that’s equality for you.

That being said, I really enjoyed this book. I haven’t yet read much from Murakami but it felt more straightforward than Kafka on the Shore (which I did also enjoy) and it was full of incredibly-quotable paragraphs ruminating on life and death. There were some strong and interesting themes about how we as people relate to and explore the world, and what the consequences are for us when we lose the ability to do that.

A good read. Might need to go listen to that Beatles song now lol

Content Warnings

madbrad22's review

Go to review page

dark emotional reflective 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

3.0

Content Warnings

sherlys's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional sad

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

3.5

Content Warnings

aimee_faithx's review

Go to review page

sad 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

There were good parts but overall it was pretty meh. None of the characters are particularly likeable or fully fleshed out. The way women are written about in basically only a sexual manner and often related to kids was icky.
I finished the book but I do not understand why it’s so popular and couldn’t recommend.

Content Warnings

circleofgrace's review

Go to review page

emotional 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

3.0

This book was fine - but that is perhaps the best thing I can say about it. It commutes a crime almost worse than being bad, it made me feel apathetic. The plot became repetitive and the characters bit thin. I enjoy sex in books as much as the next person, but in this book it didn’t quite illicit heart thumping anticipation but rather mild embarrassment for both author and characters.

Content Warnings

kippn's review

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

giving it higher because of the writing but was not the best read

Content Warnings

More...