Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Tokio blues (Norwegian Wood) by Haruki Murakami

193 reviews

elle_g's review against another edition

dark 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexual assault

banannabel's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

3.25

i don’t get the beginning or end but i liked the book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

onelittleorange's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

mjones14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Jesus christ. The amount of times I thought 'oh' whilst reading this. I get why it's such a red flag of a book now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

kiinhi's review against another edition

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

4.0

so beautifully written...its almost hard not to get sucked in and transported into the world that murakami writes. There are definitely some parts of the book that I don't like--and I'm still on the fence about the way he writes naoko / midori / reiko, but the book overall felt like a dark, rainy april night. It's melancholic, lonely, and feels like a dull heart ache that never fully goes away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

kaithebookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

fayewilsoon's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this, but

I was wondering from like halfway in the book if Midori was the girl who had deceived Reiko - she may have been, and I both like and hate the mystery of not knowing, as it leaves it to be ambiguous but also unsatisfying - maybe I overthought it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

sweetpotatoes'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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual content

lisa00's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death, Sexual content, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

calliejarvis's review against another edition

this book painted all female characters in a very sexual way. there were also a lot of rapey comments and very questionable situations painted as sex but clearly assault.

Reiko, the character who could be described as « motherly » tells her tragic backstory—a lesbian trap (sexual assault) set by a malicious THIRTEEN YEAR OLD girl. the worst part: she likes it. Or what about Midori (who doesn’t mind being sexualised) who is painted as radical, but randomly throws in comments such as what kind of underwear she’s wearing

I Decided this book was not worth it and am disgusted that I read as far as I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault