Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

1Q84 - Livro 1 by Haruki Murakami

3 reviews

rafagina's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Medical content, Infertility, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Suicide, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexism, Racism, Torture, Rape, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

dante_woods's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

As much as I enjoy Murakami's writing, sometimes I'd just stop in the middle of the stupidest sentence with so much silly misoginy... I wish he'd stop describing underage girls the way he does, and rather puts that energy into more description of magical realism elements. But overall, although it took me a while, I still liked the flow and the plot, and I'm excited to continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Rape

maurits's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This is one of Murakami's darker and scarier works, if you ask me. And definitely worth reading. What a page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Infidelity, Child death, Bullying, Abortion, and Domestic abuse

There's no warning tag for this on Storygraph, but a major theme of this book is

religious sects

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