Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

39 reviews

kibiiiariii's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

What did I just read... It was amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Abandonment, Death, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Cursing, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

ertbert's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

i found the idea of feeling like an alien childish, but understandable. the best part of the book imo is the 10 last pages. i really enjoyed the end. 
in short: i liked this book. but i would check out the trigger warnings as the book contains quite a few difficult topics. i am excited to digest this read and understand more about why it was written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Cannibalism, and Incest

Minor: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death, Self harm, Drug abuse, and Violence

if you can watch true crime videos and listen to podcasts with that sort of theme, i think you'll be able to stomach this

sea_sea's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

um… that was a book ;-; 
basically convenience store women but with some abuse, incest and cannibalism ;-; Some parts were good, but overall a pretty disturbing and uncomfortable read. It will definitely get your brain thinking… Definitely research this book a bit more if you are planning on reading it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

ameliemsutton's review

dark reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

I knew this would be a strange one going into it.. but my god. It seriously just got weirder and grosser and more bizarre the more it went on. I did however enjoy it and it got me out of my reading slump..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Body horror, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Blood

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Infertility

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Confinement, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Infidelity

lizardgod's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful tragic story that ends in a wild way I never could have predicted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Death, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

kiraniqbal's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Confinement, Death, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, Bullying, and Gaslighting

nabila99's review

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

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

Minor: Vomit

spooderman's review

dark reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Misogyny, Self harm, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Stalking, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Vomit

beeoe's review

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Eating disorder, Death, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, and Rape