Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Veronika beschließt zu sterben by Paulo Coelho

14 reviews

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

liri_reads's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

3.0

The story began extremely promising and I loved reading about all of the main characters stories and motives, but some parts were extremely weird and irritating (yes I’m mainly referring to the author’s self-insert in the story) + maybe it’s just me but…

Veronika surviving was disappointing and more predictable than her dying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit

zamakodknjiga's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Stomak mi se prevrnuo od čitanja ove knjige i to ne zato što je bila gnusna, nego zato što je tako istinita. Sve je postalo još teže kad sam saznala razlog iza trenutka u kome Veroniku naziva svojom prijateljicom.

Sve vreme dok sam čitala razmišljala sam o dve stvari: "da li je ova knjiga za mene?" i "šta je to ludost?". Nije mi bilo svejedno da je čitam, a s druge strane sam zavolela likove iz knjige najviše jer sam mogla duboko da ih razumem.

Ova knjiga bu mogla da spada u horor realnosti u koji smo kao čovečanstvo zapali. I zato ne bih mogla bilo kome da je preporučim. Ono u šta sam sigurna je da je kniiga teška i da vuče na razmišljanje. I da je vredi pročitati, u svoje vreme.

Volela bih da sam maj započela malo vedrijom temom, ali definitivno mi je drago što sam ovu knjigu pročitala jer je u suprtonom ne bih uzela.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual content

blues's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.25

Questa lettura è stata davvero bella e di ispirazione, penso che mi porterò con me questi personaggi per molto tempo anche futuro, insieme agli insegnamenti che ognuno di loro mi ha dato.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Medical content

sterrestardust's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Drug use, Torture, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

xlaurareads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

3.75

it took me a while to get into this book and grasp what it really is about but in the end i really liked it. it gives a lot food for thought and reflection about various topics (e.g. life, love, death, mental health). there's a lot to understand and reflect on in this short book, but that was greatly done by following a relatively clear red thread. I'm not per se okay with what dr. igor does/did in the book but i can see where he was coming from and where he wanted to go. the ending was a bit too loose for me but i still liked it in a way to leave it to one's own imagination

to veronica when she finds out that she won't die too soon and how everything will turn out with eduard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: War

anczki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Islamophobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

george_is_not_my_name's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Self harm

sophie_kiss's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

Minor: War, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

clarisseep's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

huge trigger warning for suicide, mental illnesses and medical experiences 
definitely not bad and a quick read 
this is definitely a reflective book in which we can think about the treatment of patients in facilities as well as the definition of “illness” and other words

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Medical content, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization