Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

26 reviews

realsiderzz30's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

Haruki Murakami has created a brilliant and reflective coming-of-age story, focused on a close group of friends in Nagoya, Japan. Murakami encourages the reader to expand their own understanding into human nature throughout the course of the read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

kaylamoran's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.75

This is such a hard book to rate, as there were things I loved and things I hated. 

I hated the way the story centered on a fake rape accusation.  I really don't think that's a helpful narrative, and it wasn't necessary for the story.  Tsukuru could have been shunned for any number of reasons.  I also found it a bit frustrating how seemingly cheating wasn't a red flag?  Why would Kuro tell Tsukuru to fight for a woman with another boyfriend?

  Ultimately I related to Tsukuru in many ways, and I was really rooting for him.  Usually slow paced books with a ton of descriptors bore me, but that didn't happen here.  I do wish Murakami spent a bit less energy describing women's breasts though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Moderate: Murder and Eating disorder

Minor: Miscarriage

mercurue's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Rape

mxpringle's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

4.5

I love the dream like state this book put me in where I questioned what events in it were real and fake. The writing and the way the characters were so fleshed our really gripped me and I haven't read a book so quickly in forever. However, as a with a lot of Murakami's writing, I did have an issue with how he portrays women and sex, and his strong emphasis on the male gaze. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Murder, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder and Vomit

ccs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Death, Abandonment, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Rape

kaexilius's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

jolienvandera's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

I liked it and found it eyeopening towards my own life. I understand some people not liking it, because it's not very Murakami-esk, in the use of magical realism, however the sexual aspect of a Murakami book is very present. I like this about his books but I can understand some people don't like it. The dreams were weird in the beginning, but they gave us a sense of foreshadowing.  However we, the readers, were left to fi ish the puzzle ourself without ever knowing the correct solution - very typical Murakami. Not my favorite, but a good one  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Rape, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Bullying, and Abandonment

reid23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

complex and intriguing plot to follow. you really get into the mind of the protagonist, and the plot is unraveled slowly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Rape and Death

bunitsu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

no spoilers!!! 
Colourless set my standards for books so much higher! i only recently got into reading and before reading it, i had read 2-3 books trying to get into reading but nothing really drew me in. i just thought was one of those people that couldn’t get into reading. But this changed everything. This book kept me on my toes. Every time i turned a page i didn’t want to stop because of how engaging it was. I’m a pretty slow reader so the fact i got through this book in 2 weeks says something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Minor: Abandonment

alaskachan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

Minor: Eating disorder and Miscarriage