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Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima

6 reviews

charisreading's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

The translation seems quite blunt and I feel like something has been lost, but the story is gripping and doesn’t suffer from the direct language.
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applesodaperson's review against another edition

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

3.75

This book was hilarious and absurd. Such a wild premise. It definitely treats suicide in the most casual way possible, which I can see being a turn off for some readers. It was definitely entertaining, but I do have to rate it lower because of its portrayal of women. Literally every female character is only there to be constantly sexualized or dismissed as silly and crazy. There really isn’t a female character that isn’t throwing themselves at the main character. This really bugged me, and if this wasn’t present, I would have rated it a lot higher.
Listened to on Libby.
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jenna_rren86's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book started felt like short stories that were only somewhat contracted until about the last quarter when it became more tense. It was mostly lighthearted in a dark-humor way throughout
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toffishay's review

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dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A really interesting premise, that quickly became flat and repetitive. 
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ever_unread's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The start of this book is a bit like a collection of short stories which made it feel fast to get through. Later on the plot develops and we see how these stories are linked.

How women were written grated me, they were basically just there to gratify our main character and were weak, subservient and generally pathetic. So, if this is something that grates on you too either skip this book all together or try to keep in mind the time and culture within which this was written - hard as it may be.

Overall, a bizarre, often unsettling, yet often surprisingly funny book which will have you questioning things about life you may never have considered before.
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hadlihawkins's review against another edition

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

3.5

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