Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

106 reviews

fairygodfish's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

It’s a book about suffering and choosing. I liked it a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Sexual assault, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

u2u's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

2.0

I was reading it, and I feel like there was a deeper meaning but I 100% was just not getting it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

bubblyfemme's review against another edition

dark sad 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

1.0

Honestly, I didn't get this book. It felt like genuine trauma porn and made me absolutely miserable. I couldn't see the point in the story apart from the idea that suffering is inevitable for some unlucky people. Perhaps I read the story wrong and missed the big point of it all, and that could very well be the case, but I would warn against this book if you are not in a good frame of mind or are triggered by any of the content warnings as they are taken to perversely creative extremes in many cases.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual content, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail

vera_nikolajevna's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Eating disorder

entropyseeker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, and Physical abuse

rebeccais's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault

ardour's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

i thought this was gonna be a 5 star read for most of the book, but then it got sad and i realised i’ve never been one to enjoy a sad book/film etc. Literally no fault of the book i still thought it was fantastic, I love books that are dark but not so much *sad*. I thought the writing was brilliant, especially how it was so flawlessly written in a teenager’s voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Sexism, Grief, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Medical content, Death, and Confinement

queenfury's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault and Eating disorder

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

this was hard to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Violence

yuyuv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Eating disorder, Ableism, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, and Sexual assault