Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

31 reviews

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

fatima_'s review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

madamdun's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

hapalyn's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Incest, and Infidelity

motsinsatiables's review against another edition

dark 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

0.25

Do not read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

rebeccajben's review

dark funny 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

No more Sofia book recs. This was garbage. I thought murakami was supposed to be good….????? His depictions of mental illness are deeply disturbing and problematic, and his obsession with sex is just EXHAUSTING. This took years off my life. 293 pages I’ll never get back.

P.S. it should be noted that Sofia did not enjoy the book she just made me read it bcuz she did and she feels the same way I do. #redeemed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexism, Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Bullying

bseigel's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

greatu's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

pixie_j2001's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship