Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

72 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

chrisljm's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

The narration was very stream of consciousness, but unfortunately it wasn’t for me. However, something I did appreciate from the novel was how it lingered in my head and gave me things to think about afterwards. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Torture, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood

eims's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Suicide

cubergirl420's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

infairveronaa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

2.25

It seems like Kazu and the Emperor were living parallel lives and one of the morals of the story seemed to be that ones circumstance in life can definitely be effected by environment but also chance. I found parts of Tokyo Ueno Station pretty beautiful and parts depressingly beautiful but I was a bit confused more often than not.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicide

cjcrawfish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

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

cvergobbi's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Suicide

b_caligari's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-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

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol and War

jakobvongunten's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime and Suicide