Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

2 reviews

juicytoot's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

this book was Very slow and took me a while to finish it bc i felt obligated to. i didn’t feel attached to any of the characters specifically.

when i got to the last eighth of the book, it turned heart wrenching, with an ending i dreaded as i turned each page. nothing about the world made sense but it didn’t matter, because in the end everything disappeared

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Police brutality, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Adult/minor relationship

i do not recommend reading this one if you are struggling mentally, it isn’t an uplifting book

baileyt2424's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Grief, and Police brutality