Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition: Young Adult Edition by Viktor E. Frankl

14 reviews

netaliv3's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Gore, Blood, Antisemitism, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and War

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

mathildemroy's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Suicide, Murder, Grief, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Death

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

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

ptitirodactyle's review against another edition

I do recognize the importance of such a book. I found the first part really interesting and enlightening. 

I don’t plan on reading the second part at the moment, because of the criticism that has been brought upon Logotherapy by numerous psychologists and the lack of scientific evidence to support some of the claims. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Antisemitism, Suicide, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, War, Physical abuse, Slavery, Grief, Death, Deportation, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, and Violence

grimmworld's review against another edition

I just could not handle reading a 1st hand account of the horrors of being a Jewish person in a concentration camp. This was touted as a inspirational memoir, & I have no doubt it is, but if you have any form of depression, this takes you to a dark place, you don't need to be there.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Torture, Grief, Death, Antisemitism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

You have to be in a perfect mind set in order to read this book. Not easily depressed, not over empathetic. If you cry while watching those coming home for Christmas commercials, you will have a problem reading this book.

flowingleaves's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Genocide, Hate crime, War, Violence, Confinement, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Child death, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Suicide attempt, War, Confinement, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Cancer, Eating disorder, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

applesaucecreachur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

This book was recommended to me by two separate women who have been influential in my healing. It came into my life at a time where I am more ready to receive its lessons than I ever have been. To find meaning in unavoidable suffering, to love the past just along with the future, and to find purpose while also treating sources of undue stress are a few of the more prominent words of wisdom that I gleaned from this book. According to Viktor E. Frankl, to connect with our purpose is to address the root cause of our depression, aggression, and addiction. These are words I will carry with my as I continue to heal.

Are they applicable universally? It’s hard to say. But I can find ways that they apply to my own existence, and I am grateful for the guidance they provide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gore

Minor: War