Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

23 reviews

zoiejanelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.0

some words other reviewers used to describe this book that i find accurate:

• melancholy
• meandering
• solemn
• poetic

this was a fascinating look into japanese culture and gave a simultaneously realistic and depressing view of the religious, class, and economic issues japanese people still deal with today. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

Minor: Violence and War

szuum's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

savvylit's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

My favorite books lately have been short in length while still packing a massive punch, and Tokyo Ueno Station is no exception. This novel is a masterpiece examination of class, despair, migrant labor, grief, poverty, generational trauma, cultural attitudes towards the homeless, globalism, and mortality. The story is nonlinear; a perfect fit for the way one would imagine a spirit experiencing memory.

This is the first book I have ever read that not only has a homeless narrator, Kazu, but also heavily features a community of folks who live in temporary dwellings. Yu Miri has created an unflinching and empathetic glimpse into the margins of modern Japanese society.

Lastly, Kazu's descriptions of the scenery and historical anecdotes grant readers a clear image of the physical setting. Thus, Ueno Park essentially becomes as real of a character as Kazu himself.

I can't stop thinking about this powerful book. I hope you'll read it, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Hate crime and War

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicidal thoughts

deezy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is perfect for someone who wants to be majorly depressed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

cameronkast456's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

dratnoff's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

The book was such a journey, depressing but one worth taking! Like a first person stream of consciousness, full of sensory descriptions of sound and smell, combined with a sadness and regret that you can’t wash away. The protagonist is an old man who dies and recalls his unlucky life of those near him dying prematurely. But some very elegant and efficient passages in the second half of the book, each at the moment of euologizing another fallen character. Short and engrossing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

ricaalvarez's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

anglefish's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

sirisolh's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.0

It's not that it isn't a good read, but I couldn't connect to it. It's still, sombre, elegant and makes you think. I guess I just didn't want to think to much.

2,5 would be more accurate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, and Murder