Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

After Dark by Haruki Murakami

19 reviews

rosie_valadez's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Trafficking

thorney's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Confinement, Violence, Cancer, and Death

tonsu's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

frogreads_'s review

I was listening to this as an audiobook. It wasn't very capitvating to me....just kind of weird. I felt like i was listening to people's thoughts but they were roundabout and not particularly interesting. The fantasy/strangeness aspect wasnt very well fleshed out.

 Seems like more of a commentary of how people interact with society-i generally like that but not here. The descriptions of stuff were good but the dialog was bland. Not sure if this is just a problem with this book or if i wouldn't like more of the authors works. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Bullying

gilmargirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Cancer

risemini's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Death of parent, Cancer, and Violence

jenna_rren86's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Cancer

jainabee's review

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Murakami messing with my mind again. A mystery that isn't a mystery. No clues to unravel, no startling conclusions. He'll bring the reader to a moment that seems momentous, and then slyly let it be mundane. And just to be absolutely clear about that, he'll address what you might think he's getting at and tell you point blank that's not what it is. Or you'll think you see a big plot twist and he'll say, nope, it's really what it appears to be. Somehow he fills this stark series of short chapters with lush cinematic details, complete with a playlist of tunes playing in the background of each scene. Or intense silence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Xenophobia

eqrvn's review

mysterious reflective fast-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

3.0

Non Spoiler review - I just finished After Dark by Haruki Murakami after buying it yesterday. It was a quick read, and I did enjoy it, just not enough to rate it higher than 3 stars. For starters, the chapters involving the main character Mari’s sister were boring and hard to follow. At least, until we got insight into her situation—then the chapters about her were more interesting. Still hard to follow, though. My favorite aspect of the book was the dialogue, and there was lots of that. Mari’s exchanges with Tetsuya, Kaoru, etc. were very engaging. The desire to know more about her and her sister, Eri, kept me turning pages as more was revealed through conversation. I had an abundance of annotations characterizing each individual, and most of what I analyzed came from the dialogue. I do have a bit of a bone to pick with Murakami’s relationship with his female characters—for instance, he writes them in horrible, traumatic situations, and yet, both the narrators and the characters only comment on their physical appearances/beauty. Other than that, I have no complaints. This was my first read by Murakami. It wasn’t good enough to inspire a deeper dive into his work, but was concomitant in deterrence. 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

rosesforreading's review

challenging mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Addiction