Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Woyzeck, by Gregory Motton, Georg Büchner

8 reviews

teaskate's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.0

It was a fine school literacy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Mental illness

aelin_morgenstern's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

johanna_1402's review

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

sofiasky's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.75

meh. I know it's a German classic, but I just couldn't enjoy it. I feel like the casual racism was brushed over in the edited edition, even though so many other things were talked about. Overall not the worst school book I've ever read, but not the best by far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Antisemitism and Racial slurs

maess's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Sexism

em_of_swags's review against another edition

fast-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

3.0

very strange and hard to understand, the scenes being out of context was confusing and people kept randomly bursting into song, but at least the dialogue was pretty funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Blood, Antisemitism, and Racism

avera's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

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

3.5

Ich finde das Buch spannend und interessant. Da es sich um ein fast 200 Jahre altes Drama handelt, ist es teilweise etwas schwerer lesbar, aber hinten im Buch befinden sich Hilfen zum Verständnis. Manche Bewertungen kritisieren die Behindertenfeindlichkeit in dem Buch. Dafür sollte man aber nicht das Buch verurteilen, sondern die Gesellschaft, die in dem Buch abgelichtet wird. Damals waren die Menschen um einiges frauen-, juden- und behindertenfeindlicher als heute - zu, Glück. Das Buch verdeutlicht, wie ein psychisch Kranker (Woyzeck) von seinem Umfeld gedemütigt und ausgenutzt wird, was letztendlich in einem Mord endet. Für diesen würde ich nicht Woyzeck und seine Eifersucht verantwortlich machen, sondern die, die ihn zu seiner Tat getrieben haben…
Auf jeden Fall eine Leseempfehlung, die sicherlich Raum zur Diskussion lässt!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, and Sexism

lea1105's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Murder