Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Ich bin nicht da by Lize Spit

4 reviews

luisagerdsmeyer's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

sara_n's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

boblanksma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Car accident

susysstories's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow, gripping, suffocating, emotional. I cannot say I enjoyed reading this book, but then again it’s not meant to be enjoyable. Lize did manage though to elicit all kinds of feelings within me: anguish, sadness, sorrow, hope, anger, disappointment, frustration, hopelessness, compassion etc. To accomplish this she used quite (too?) explicit descriptions and the most severe case of bipolar disorder (which is an exception in the range of bipolar disorders). It shows however how hard it is for patients to function in our society, on the one hand due to their disabilities of course but also due to the limited understanding and tolerance of the impact of psychiatric disorders. Which on the one hand is quite understandable but which on the other hand doesn’t help the person who’s suffering from the disorder. I felt for all of the characters, Simon of course, his girlfriend, his “friends”. Quite complex and problematic and Lize portrayed that perfectly in her book. 
I do believe this book is not for everyone. There are a LOT of triggers and it’s a very heavy and depressing read. I actually felt sick a couple of times while reading it…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying