Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

1201 reviews

egglanor's review against another edition

3.5

Holy heck. Hard to read but hard to put down. Car crash in slow motion kinda fascinating/horrifying. She ate, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

nicekweenreads's review against another edition

Very graphic grooming and pedophilia 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

sarahcapa's review

challenging dark funny tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

maddie_0930's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Vomit

happycroissant's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Sexual harassment

cathgotaknife's review

challenging dark fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

spines's review

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is absolutely not what I expected it to be, the blurb from my local library did not remotely indicate what this was about. I'm giving it a 3.75 because I have no clue what to rate it. 

It's well-written and very heavy but I just feel so disorientated after finishing it, wow. The book has some genuine insight at times and is able to strip away some of the normalizing lens that we apply on social expectations in order to criticize these norms, but the protagonist and plot are so odd that it's hard to say whether it's effective messaging. 

I don't have any personal triggers but I wish I had checked them beforehand for this book just so I had a better idea of what I was getting in to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Vomit and Murder

rabbitrabbit's review

challenging dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Infertility, and Suicide

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

oliviatmcc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

Definitely weird, but not as weird and disturbing as some people make it out as. 
I saw a review that described this booked as the consequences of untreated childhood trauma, and it’s exactly that. 

I really enjoyed it but the cannibalism in the end kinda of took me out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, and Murder