Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

77 reviews

lilureads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

it was hard for me to to settle for a specific rating. Ultimately I decided to give this 5 stars. 

This book speaks to me in a way no other has so far. It’s really hard for me to review it. I will just say that it made me want to wander and think while gazing at falling leaves and by-passers. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming and Eating disorder

erickauribe's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

The writting is incredible, and it was interesting to see the different POV on why the people act the way they do, and how we justify or give meaning to our lifes. A lot philosophical ideas were thrown into the narrative.

However, the bullying scenes were a bit too harsh to read, I understand the meaning of these scenes, it was just hard to go through

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Bullying, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

cecilialau_'s review against another edition

3.5

Hmm. - I know that’s not a good sign to start that way, but I feel sort of conflicted (not that reviewing sth is that big a deal, I just want to do it justice if that makes sense). I had been looking forward to reading this while knowing that it had been described as a tough read. To say the least, imo. There’s a sort of nonchalant, reasoning/rationale to the writing. A detachment if you will. And it’s written in first person which says a lot about how this boy is attempting to distance himself from what is happening to him but also how his emotional state has been neglected and damaged by everything that has happened to him.  There is no real “connection” to other ppl until he meets Kojima (which is what made me want to continue reading).
It’s important to be prepared as a reader for the disturbing bullying (violence) that is happening - especially bc of the way that is is endless and speaks volumes on neglect in general.

when he speaks to Momose and his pov is that “nothing matters” and that he doesn’t care when it is “unrelated” to him is so heartbreakingly true in the sense that some ppl are just not able to emotionally and empathetically understand that words and actions have consequences. That we can never see eye to eye with everyone even when it comes to things that are incredibly reasonable to some of us that you don’t treat others as they do in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Bullying

Moderate: Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Self harm, Body shaming, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

olaf_alec's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, and Bullying

catorureads's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

santi98's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Mieko has to be my favorite author of the year so far, even tho It was hard for me to get through this book due to the graphicness of bullying, and anger I felt for the protagonist, her beautiful writing absolutely captivated me and kept me reading. I definitely suggest preparing yourself and it’s worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

christinewonder's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Body shaming, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

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

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