Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Fallstudie by Graeme Macrae Burnet

9 reviews

eri002's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Addiction, Homophobia, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

Minor: War

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was described as funny. I'm not sure where the humour came in, but I didn't "get it" in his last book either and still enjoyed it so [shrug emoji]

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Car accident, Classism, Death, Grief, Sexism, Addiction, Suicide, Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

carnbostrikesagain's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

A bizarre yet intriguing read. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Rape, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

mondovertigo's review against another edition

reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Vomit

geraldinerowe's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

A very clever book, weaving fact into fiction. It was a bit of a (sedate) rollercoaster for me. I started out being fascinated by the two main characters, then began to get irritated by them, and ended up feeling quite sentimental towards them. A lot happens in this book, without very much actually happening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, and Lesbophobia

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexism, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Physical abuse

bethanylouise17's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Rape

anna_i3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and Rape

natashak1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

Not quite another His Bloody Project, but certainly in the same vein. Sticking with the wonderful practice of melding fact and fiction, this book takes things a little further and combines found diaries with the biography of the psychologist our main character is investigating. Both parts of the book, notebooks and biography, were well written, and the change in style between the two provided respite in places where fatigue may have otherwise set in. The progression of the mental state of Rebecca and the ongoing description of Braithwaite's life balance and contrast one another perfectly, and in this case the whole is certainly worth more than the sum of the parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide