Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

82 reviews

cloudy_666's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It’s an amazingly well written book. Just don’t read it. It’s still a hood book, but those trigger warnings weren’t joking around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Really really disturbing.

neviris's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

incredible. lighthearted beliefs with a dark twist. fast read, amazing writing style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Infertility, Suicide, and Alcohol

u2u's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.75

It was slow at first and hinted to some messed childhood stuufff but the pace really sped up right at the end as time passed quickly… I recommend if u want to feel some shock and a weird nights sleep

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, and Eating disorder

jelian_casapao's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Gaslighting

hilarylouise's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Stalking

Victim blaming

lupexrosa's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted sad fast-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? No

4.0

What the fuck did I just read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

leonineliterature's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

0.25

Honestly. I should have DNF'ed but I got too stubborn. 

HEED THE TRIGGER WARNINGS. I cannot stress this enough. 

I should have read them, but didn't. Please don't make the same mistake. 

This novel is brutal and it explores many taboos - goes right up to the line and across. To me, the depiction of paedophilia was the most disturbing element.

While I liked Murata's Life Ceremony and Convenience Store Woman, I would recommend steering clear of this one. It has similar prose but is so graphic, it becomes cartoonish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity and Suicide

nicolinebl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

This book was definitely an experience. I honestly didn't expect this book to be so dark so it was a bit of a shock. Definitely well written but my god is it gruesome. Heavy topics, a story that keeps you on your toes till the end and a very special main character. I'm still not certain if it's real or fake. To them at least it was real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

nabila99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

what to say about this book?

i never, ever finish books in one sitting, but i literally could not put this down. what an absolutely unique, gripping, heartbreaking, uncomfortable, visceral, fascinating story. mental illness, alienation, trauma, abuse, and survival in capitalist patriarchy are handled so well. despite the insanity of the plot, i found myself deeply relating to natsuki's distress with "the factory", and the feeling of literally being an alien. the ending was bizarre and cathartic and perfect.

i don't think a book has ever made me cycle through so many emotions in the span of a few hours. natsuki, yuu, and tomoya will stay with me for a long, long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

leakaroo's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

Completely absurd and unhinged: I think I need a few weeks to even process what I just read. 
This was the perfect lead up after reading Convenience Store Woman: it gave me the wacky off-the-wall hijinks that I was craving. 
Natsuki narrates in a completely straightforward tone and doesn't hide from what's happening to her, which fits extremely well with how everything unfolds, and adds to the absurdity of it. I really enjoy Murata's storytelling!!!

My ONLY gripe is I wish the English translation was a bit better since I found some grammatical errors and a lot of repetition of some words (Like the word "muttered" comes up a lot throughout the novel. Why on Earth was everyone apparently just muttering the whole time?!). But that's the fault of translation, not any critique of the story itself.
Anyways, fantastic fantastic fantastic with a thought-provoking view on society!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Sexism