Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Die fünf Menschen, die dir im Himmel begegnen by Mitch Albom

4 reviews

dlsmk's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

delinxw's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-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

2.0

Meh. Was hard for me to get through. Don’t think I’ll read part 2. In the beginning the story was fine and I do understand what the story is trying to convey, but I didn’t really like the characters, stories or writing style. The book makes some weird points about life, but also some beautiful ones, I just don’t think the good outweighed the bad (for me). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, War, Violence, Death, Body horror, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

someonelikeblue's review

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical content, Chronic illness, Ableism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Mental illness, Grief, Fatphobia, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Infertility

clemrain's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

The Five People You Meet in Heaven was not for me. 

Found it hard to sympathize with Eddie. I normally like characters that can be hard to root for, but Eddie didn’t fit the bill. The more people he met in heaven to explain his life, the more irritated I got with Eddie. His life goes against many of my own morals and maybe that’s why. I tried to keep an open mind and meet the books end to understand the character better but it didn’t happen.

The way this book makes you see the “good side” of abusive and shitty people is absolutely gross. What was especially out of touch was Ruby telling Eddie to forgive his father when she is a total stranger to him and his situation . His father was abusive and self righteous. This is one of the morals that contradict mine. Forgiveness isn’t necessary to move on.

Also Eddie’s mom was in the middle of being sexually assaulted and somehow his father ended up being the victim but also a good guy because he forgave the person who was doing it??

Like yeah I get message. People are complicated. However. there is absolutely a better way of showing that than what the author went with. 

The writing was simple. Nothing spectacular about it. It is interesting to read a piece of fiction by someone who primarily works in non-fiction. It really reads in the writing style. I do think this story could’ve been shorter and I’m glad it wasn’t longer.

Ending

was predictable and exactly what I thought it’d be. Does that make it bad? No. But it’s adds to the lack of memorability of this book.

I really wanted to like this book and I had expectations going into it. Maybe that contributed to my disappointment in it. 

Side note: I also did not appreciate how the little child was described at the end of the book and it turned my mood sour for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Body horror, Cancer, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Terminal illness