Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

49 reviews

enoemo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

this broke my heart and taught me so many things and made me laugh and made me feel so deeply for the characters... truly an amazing read in a way that i find difficult to put into words. the titular theme pops up in so many unexpected and smart ways and despite the magical realism that finds its way into parts of the book the plot feels natural. nao is an utterly believable character and i feel like so many aspects about girlhood that i found so difficult to explain as a teenager come through so well in her diary. i am not entirely sure how i feel about the ending yet, but in a way i suppose the book is built to make you feel that way so... i'll reflect some more and look forward to coming back to this, i'd love to read it again in my lifetime. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Blood, Dementia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Fatphobia, and Pedophilia

maddythide's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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: Suicide, Suicide attempt, War, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Bullying, and Pedophilia

soleilnigro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I thought the idea for this story was really interesting and i really liked all of the characters, but it just dragged out a lot for me. I think if you really like slow paced philosophy books then this was really great and well written, but as someone that usually can't get into slow books this was difficult to finish and I did have to skip a lot of pages. objectively I think this book was really good, but not for me personally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Rape, Self harm, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Bullying, War, and Sexual assault

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Torture, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Genocide

toffishay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a story of Ruth in Canada and Nao in Japan telling the story of their lives, their trials and the personal horrors that they face, and how they find a way through with the people around them. I really don't know how to feel, but I was really engaged by this reading experience. It was an interesting exploration of time and identity, who we are in the grand scheme of things. I really connected with Nao and her relationship with Jiko was so beautiful. I liked the deconstruction of a story. Like it's such a meta experience and what we bring to a story as readers. What we read and what we get out of a book says as much about the reader as it does about the writer as it does about the characters in the story themselves. We all make each other. This isn't coherent lol!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Classism, Grief, Abandonment, Misogyny, Death, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Rape, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit, Deportation, and Fatphobia

amethyst_sea's review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

So well written. The narrative style is so different and I really liked it. this book is so sad and heavy yet, keeps you hopeful. It was really jarring sometimes how Nao would talk about really heavy/disturbing things in such a light manner. As if it's normal to her, but that just made me feel more for her. The dream element was really interesting and a little unexpected, but I didn't really mind it. Honestly, having some parts of it not be very realistic made things slightly less sad. Really liked this overall. It's heavy, sad, and uncomfortable at times, but reminds us that's what life is sometimes and there's still hope for things to turn out ok.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

noturaveragetechbro's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

5.0

incredibly intelligent writing. this book is  in conversation with proust’s à la recherche du temps perdu, and tackles inter-generational feelings, the crashing of the past with the present cross-continentaly, time and memory. very layered, gripping and the narration controls your sense of time and space. absolutely stunning. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

rach94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Not giving it a full 5 'cause I wanted to know more about Jiko. I think this has become one of my favorite books and I never say this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Blood

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Pedophilia

semreadsstuff's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

4.75

I love this book SO MUCH. You get a lifetime experience out of a mildly thick piece of paper it's incredible. I will keep thinking about this book until I forget who I am and it will always be a fond memory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

nolongeremi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, War, Sexual assault, Bullying, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Pedophilia