Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda

16 reviews

hmetwade's review

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Incest, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Suicide

whitneys_bookstack's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

The often use was so interesting and for the first quarter of the book I thought it was going to be a 5 star but then it got confusing and a little abstract instead of having satisfying solid answers 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Incest

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

caelangm's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Incest

Moderate: Child death

ruyanda's review

dark reflective sad medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Incest

Minor: Death and Child death

marleywrites's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I read the translated edition of this story and it was fascinating. There was this sense of building up urgency and it was done really well. I found myself wanting to rush through to the end to find out what would happen. I read it slowly, though, and really appreciated the storytelling of this book. I really liked Aki’s character a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Terminal illness

nenaveenstra's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This was an interesting read. The entirety of this book takes place during one night, in one apartment in Tokyo. The main characters have a seemingly endless conversation with each other, filling in the blanks of each others' memories about an event that happened a year ago. 

The suspension in this book relies entirely on omission. The plot twists - or reveils, rather - are only shocking because the narrators are unreliable. That's not something everyone likes, but I was okay with it. 

This book very much reminded me of thriller films from the zeroes, which is the same era this book was written in. A major contributing factor to this, was the fact that these characters exchange thoughts and ideas with each other and present them as fact, thus 'discovering the truth' in a completely unreliable way. The book does not address this. I appreciate the nostalgic vibe this gives off, but if this book were newer I probably wouldn't have liked this very much. 

Please check the content warnings before you go into this. This book isn't very gory or anything but I was very disturbed by

the discussions of incest. These people entered a romantic relationship with each other while they thought they were siblings (later turned out to be cousins).

 

The spoiler mentioned above is the main reason I'm giving this book a lower rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicide

See spoiler text in review above for more info about the incest part of this book.

aileron's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Terminal illness and Abandonment

jcapati's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

alicelalicon's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Violence

bethsiekierawalker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship