Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

49 reviews

char1otte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

kajasversion's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

3.25

I absolutely adored the writing, I think it was truly phenomenal especially the vivid descriptions and the metaphors. However the story itself was… weird? Like I don’t get how a 14 yo bully can think the way it was presented in this book, and also I felt  a lot of the time that I was being pushed an agenda or a way of thinking from almost every character. And the bullying scenes really did not have to be so graphic, especially considering how many there were. It was actually traumatising just reading about it since you spend the majority of the book reading about how they are being abused and not actually spending half as much time on developing them as a person and exploring how they are feeling. Idk it just felt flat for me and it had great potential at the beginning, however I was greatly disappointed. 

TW: attempted rape

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicide

lenin_lover_69's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

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

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

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

lambclown's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Medical trauma

robinks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

Wow this book made me so uncomfortable. Heed the content warnings! There were some interesting philosophical questions brought up, and I like how Kawakami writes characters who are children. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Violence, Domestic abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, Body shaming, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

thelittle_seokmin's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.0

i feel almost exactly as sofiadanielle did

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Ableism, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Eating disorder, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit and Mental illness

lizzardbeth99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Eating disorder, Gore, Torture, and Violence