Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

27 reviews

ellieisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, and Suicide

coneyislandslap13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

This book definitely seems less pedantic and condescending than many which try to tackle the issues of depression and hopelessness in people with logic and grace. Through detailing memorable instances of events throughout his trials in the concentration camps of the Third Reich, he gives reasoning behind people’s need for purpose and motivation, and does so in a way that can relate to victims of such horrific atrocities just as easily as to young children suffering some of the first minor complications they’ve ever had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Antisemitism, Confinement, Death, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Deportation, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War

ac_rva's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Murder, Death, Antisemitism, Torture, Terminal illness, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, Confinement, War, Hate crime, and Physical abuse

applebottomjeans's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, and Genocide

Moderate: Suicide

tctimlin's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

Part One, where Frankl describes his concentration camp experiences is moving and devastating.  Part Two, where he describes his therapeutic philosophy, is dry and frustrating (I am not at all convinced that just flipping the script for a depressed or ill person is going to magically solve their issues).  He ignores biology in favor of just mentally changing one’s attitude.  The Afterword actually does a better job of explaining his philosophy and showing the optimism behind Frankl’s approach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Antisemitism, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Torture, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and War

kooday's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

VIKTOR FRANKLE YOU ROCK MY WORLD

Such a good book, took me a while to get through it because I was making notes. Definitely a book that came to me at the right time, the ethos of logotherapy really resonated with me. It's given me a new perspective on life.

Only potential issue is that it does get quite technical towards the end, particularly the post script, which I found dragged a bit, but it's all very interesting. The book is full of gems.

10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Police brutality, Violence, and Genocide

meenalgarg's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Violence, and Xenophobia

noonanjohnc's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Deportation, Death, War, Child death, Death of parent, and Racism

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Genocide, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, War, Violence, Death, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Torture

dogmomsitcom's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and War