Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Marianengraben by Jasmin Schreiber

11 reviews

norilein's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Eine unglaublich berührende Geschichte über Trauer, Tod und das Wiederfinden der eigenen Stärke.  

Paula und Helmut sind sehr verschieden und doch geben sie sich gegenseitig Halt in ihrer Trauer. Bei einer Reise in Helmuts Vergangenheit begleitet Paula ihn an seinen letzten Tagen und findet dabei wieder zu sich selbst.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Mental illness

confused_14's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? No

4.5

screaming, crying, throwing up. 

(Is it the peak of literature? No. Is it a heartfelt book that portrays emotions in a really raw way and made me bawl my eyes out? Very much so.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt

beatriks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

(German version specifics below)
I liked the take on grief in this road novel. Interesting characters and funny situations despite the topics of love, loss, responsibility, grief, acceptance.

The focus starts with the first person narrator and her dead brother, and over the course of the journey/book, it shifts to the old widower she meets.

The age difference between the two main characters really works well, it’s lovely to see how the two of them connect and help each other.

German:
Das deutsche Hörbuch ist toll! Maximiliane Häcke gelingt es, den unterschiedlichen Charakteren ihren ganz eigenen, individuellen Tonfall zu geben, ohne dass es albern wird. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

m_maria's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer and Suicide

Minor: Suicide attempt

ahoijules's review

emotional funny hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Blood

fatalisticshrug's review

Book club pick: I liked the way the author wrote about grief, it even felt somewhat “refreshing” because it was so different from how grief is often described. Still time constraints and not being hooked enough led to not finishing this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

aloe__vera's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death

aussiejunkie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness

fraktaly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

If you are afraid of death, read this book. You will still be afterwards, but in a light-hearted way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Vomit