Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

19 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

phoenix_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Self harm, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Eating disorder

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

claire_baco's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

abbyaw's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape and Medical content

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

cehknight's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

1.0

I was very surprised upon reading that this book is as popular as it is. This probably isn't an original point to make, but I got the sense that Murakami didn't run this book past any real-life women. I didn't feel anything towards the female (or male) characters, because they felt so hollow. This book is definitely a perspective of women through the male gaze, and it worries me that men would read this book and think it was indicative of a 'cool' way to view women. The narrative arc was good, I enjoyed the temporal structure most of all, but that's where my enjoyment ended. It was an easy read, however, and I hope upon reading more of Murakami's works that I find them easier to relate to. PSA: women don't wash their bras every night. It damages them. Ask any woman and she'll tell you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Medical content

emzilia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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

Lyrical, haunting. A reflection on grief and life and love. 

“After 18 would come 19, and after 19, 18 of course. But she turned 20. And in the autumn, I would do the same. Only the dead stay 17 forever.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, and Rape

Minor: Blood