Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Emissary by Yōko Tawada

6 reviews

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

This book presents interesting ideas, but these ideas are merely presented and are not expanded upon in any way. There was potential for there to be a really interesting commentary on these themes with an interesting concept, but unfortuantely, it falls flat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Child death

Moderate: Death and Body horror

sldccc's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

reflective

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Chronic illness, Death, Xenophobia, Grief, Police brutality, Abandonment, Death of parent, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Addiction

Minor: Child death, Excrement, War, Child abuse, and Vomit

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Bullying, Murder, War, and Xenophobia

liltastypuff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

little_enid's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

Minor: Death and Chronic illness