Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

6 reviews

kryolitee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Rape, Blood, and Murder

kryolitee's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Child death, and Rape

pam_simpson06's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt

androgynous_child's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.25

i mainly kept reading hoping someone would hit werther over the head with a shovel and hopefully propel him right into a six foot hole

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Stalking and Classism

tereza_4's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

annarose_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

is this the first bpd novel? i have never felt so understood and also had all my mental illnesses called out by a book before 😭 goethe and werther original bpd royalty

'i treat my heart like a sick child' 

'if i saw blood i should feel relief... i should like to open a vein that would procure me eternal freedom' 

'i want to die! i lay down to sleep, and this morning, in the calm of awaking, that thought still remains firm, still quite strong in my heart: i want to die! it is not despair, it is the certainty that my sufferings are complete, and that i am sacrificing myself for you.' 

literal mood lmao. ive written so many quotes down (more than i have for any other book ever 🥴) but those are a few of my favourites that really hit me full force in the gut with all the weight of my own sufferings :))


obvious tw for suicide and self harm, i recommend this book to anyone who isn't on the verge of doing either because it will make you want to top yourself in solidarity with poor werther x

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt