Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

5 reviews

addyruth17's review against another edition

reflective relaxing 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexism, Infidelity, and Medical content

travisppe's review

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.5

The narrative never grabbed me and felt a little redundant. Beautiful writing, just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Death, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Addiction

mmefish's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

This one is hard to rate because I am more than sure that I could not fully appreciate the novel because of the translation. Some sentences felt really awkward and would sound fine in Japanese but not in English. 

"Snow Country" is full of beautiful imagery and melancholy; It is a book about wasted beauty, stagnation and lost connection.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death

nanc_282's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

A rich and complex story of a young geisha and how her feelings develop and change regarding her role and a man who employs her. Set in the snow filled landscape of Western Japan.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism

shreeyanair's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Terminal illness