Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Piercing by Ryū Murakami

28 reviews

thespinystacks's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Violence

laniemax's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Medical content, Abandonment, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Suicide

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

hmmm??? i’m still thinking about this book after reading it. some parts seemed completely unnecessary and i’m just kind of confused now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Rape, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

corinnajl's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gore, Rape, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Self harm, Incest, Emotional abuse, Death, Animal death, and Abandonment

moberry_123's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Self harm, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Incest

katiemanring's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

bookedbykiki's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

cuppachaii's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

Loved the tense, timid introspection of the characters in this book. At no point are either of them honest with themselves despite being fully aware of their psyches. This is a great book for running through with a highlighter, taking note when things jump out at you and indulging in "aaah!!" moments when you notice recurring themes. The ending left something to be desired for me, however. Since the book is so theme-heavy, it was hard for it to stick the landing. I loved the exploration of the characters, both are three dimensional enough to be deeply upsetting and yet sympathetic. I'd have liked more time spent on the baby-icepick narrative since that's what pulled me in in the first place; the book is actually about the planning and execution of a murder. This book wastes no time, the pace and writing are gripping. This gets a cool 4-stars for me. I liked it a lot and recommend reading it as a culty book to have interesting discussions about. Loved our time spent together, though it's not exceptional enough for me to get tippytap-handflap-excited about when I tell others about it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Infidelity

f18's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Blood, Infidelity, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Rape

mental health related slur

cdnalle's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual content, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, and Torture