Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

My Work by Olga Ravn

6 reviews

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

There are strong passages in this book and situations and thoughts to dwell on. The rawness and the insanity of the situation of carrying and bearing another human being is portrayed in a way that confronts the reader with their own expectations and prejudices. 

As much as I was into a lot of the reflections the book presents, it somehow often kept me at a distance and in some parts it even lost me a bit. But this is  something Ravn herself is fully aware of and questions in the book if that is going to happen.

So if this was done on purpose, because the author/Anna feels like she is not really a part of this world anymore, after becoming a mother, I can't tell.

Everything is very meta, which I personally enjoyed.
But although I'm a poetry lover, I could have done without the poems, because for me, they didn't add anything to the testimony of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, and Gaslighting

errie's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

saraspages's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

moa's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

onlinemathildeh's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

partycoolphysicist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts