Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

12 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

reflective slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Violence

leonkoenig's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 beklemmend, brutal zu lesen obwohl eigentlich sehr wenig passiert, starke Patriarchtsmetapher 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

jessy4550's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical trauma and Abandonment

Minor: War

riverss's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

scruffie's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

georgiarybanks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective relaxing slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

lilifane's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

This premise was very intriguing. The atmosphere was excellent, very depressing, tense, lonely but also peaceful. I liked the survival aspect of the plot and the stream of consciousness way of story telling. It got a little too repetitive towards the end. On the other hand, the repetitions had an impact on the atmosphere. Unfortunately, I didn't like the writing style, and it effected my reading experience in a negative way. (It's definitely a me-thing. I just don't vibe with vocabulary from this specific time period and place) Still, the book is thought-provoking and reading it during a pandemic definitely hits differently. I think it will stay with me for a little while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Injury/Injury detail

ru_th's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

abbyeck's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

bluejayreads's review against another edition

 This is very much a pandemic novel - not in that it's about a pandemic, but the crushing isolation and loneliness of being possibly the only survivor of whatever happened evokes the same mood and I was not emotionally ready for it. I picked it up because I was in the mood for something more slow and contemplative, but this was too much. It is interesting and I may come back to it when I'm farther from Pandemic Emotions, but I can't finish it right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts