Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki

9 reviews

ginaelise's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

pran's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I wasn't sure what to expect from it, but I really enjoyed it. The writing style felt much more blunt than what I usually read, but there were some really beautiful sentences in there, and they often caught me by surprise, which made them all the more punchy. I loved the ideas Suzuki played with in the stories, and the ambivalence she feels towards the developments in technology in her stories. So much of what she wrote was prescient, in an almost scary way. I am excited to read around this book, as I know there has been some interesting criticism and theory around it. The influences of Suzuki's own life on her stories were really interesting to read and I have never seen the sexual/romantic relationships between men and women explored in quite the same way in any other speculative fiction I've read. Interesting to compare and contrast the ideas in Octavia Butler or Margaret Atwood's work with this, and the differences between the American second-wave feminist sci-fi and this Japanese work.
I'm also looking forward to reading her other book Hit Parade of Tears.

If you are interested, there is a very good article about Terminal Boredom on LitHub.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault

livsliterarynook's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide, and War

mlewis's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: War

yuyuv's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Body shaming

dimmie's review

challenging fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

seven short, black mirror-esque stories. fast paced, challenging and refreshing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

morebedsidebooks's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Sexism

Minor: Mental illness, Murder, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Suicide

ardour's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Blood, and Domestic abuse

jmronbeck's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Suicide