Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Out by Natsuo Kirino

91 reviews

natreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

So this is another booktok book, and I really enjoyed it. I liked how all of the characters were around middle age. I like the dynamics. I like how it goes into some gruesome stuff, but doesn't give too much detail

(when it comes to the rape scene that happens at the very end of the book)

. The book makes the actions of the characters understandable, but not to the point of sympathy. Like, your sympathetic to their situations outside of the main act of the novel, but your not sympathetic to where they end up. I find a lot of novels have a hard time pulling this off, but this one didn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Stalking

Minor: Excrement

starfire3303's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this is one of the best books I’ve read - the writer keeps you hooked with the main plot plus multiple sub plots there’s never really a dull moment while reading and it was like i just didn’t want to put the book down it’s truly an amazing piece of work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Sexual harassment

kass32's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

strawbrey's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Violence

kellywa2711's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

emma6544's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book, I found that the page length could be felt at times as the novel went into a lull point. However, the deep and complex characterisation made up for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

the explicit content warnings of sexual violence and rape are concentrated towards the end of the book

ztkrogman's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia

purplemind's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 Nonostante la sua lunghezza, questo è un libro che si divora; o, forse, è il libro a divorare te, obbligandoti a voltare continuamente pagina per scoprire cosa succederà poi. Nonostante la quantità piuttosto elevata di personaggi rilevanti per la trama, nessuno di essi viene lasciato al caso, anche grazie al fatto che il punto di vista della narrazione varia da capitolo in capitolo. Oltre che un eccellente thriller, Le quattro casalinghe di Tokyo è anche un’affascinante finestra sulla società giapponese post-bolla economica, specialmente per quanto riguarda le varie categorie femminili che cercavano di navigarla. Peccato per il finale un po’ affrettato e che non chiude tutte le parentesi narrative aperte per lasciar spazio a due scene

di stupro

che, più che scioccare, lasciano, a mio parere, un po’ perplesse.
 (traduzione ottima, con le adeguate spiegazioni che potrebbero essere utili a qualcuno poco esperto di Giappone) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hindyjoyce's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.75

I was interested enough to finish the book and see how it would end but ultimately this book just wasn’t for me and i didn’t know exactly what i was getting myself into. 

This book had some really gruesome scenes, that gave me the chills to read. I will applaud the writing, the writing in this book is AMAZING. I don’t read many thrillers because I don’t usually get the feeling of being “thrilled” by them but this had me on the edge of my seat. I would rate it higher but I just felt like the ending fell flat and I still don’t understand some of the choices made by the Matsuko and as a result the ending fell flat for me. 

Also, please look into content warnings before reading this, it’s not just about a wife killing her husband. It’s explores the human psyche and the idea that there is no “good guy”, it’s also a commentary of the darkness within, and how society treats women that try to conform and those that try to diverge from the norm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Stalking, and Classism

alexalily's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Death of parent