Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

La Policía de la Memoria by Yōko Ogawa

28 reviews

raoulalexander's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood

wear_sun_screen's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Death

urreadtome's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Torture

pollyflorence's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

I’ll always love a beautiful, quiet, understated dystopian book & the dreamlike quality of the minimal world building made this feel especially haunting.  

I thought it was a very affecting story and although part of me would love to know more about the bigger picture of this novel— the fact that there are many different ways the novel could be interpreted and that the world and the ending especially is left ambiguous means that the story will always a timely feel to it. 

The matter of fact prose and the eerie calmness in which the characters process the forgetting & 

the lack of distress the characters feel— the way that they accept what’s happening made me think about the many times throughout history that people accept the world as it’s presented to them the way people often choose to turn away from systems of oppression. 

I really couldn’t put it down, it was so beautifully hypnotic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

steelfern's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

kpharoah's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Confinement and Dementia

Moderate: Toxic relationship

katesigrist's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death and Body horror

Minor: Rape

hettyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Police brutality

Minor: Blood