Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

9 reviews

southernselkie08's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Idyllicism in isolation, and all the messy emotions in between. A pastoral view of what happens when you are truly alone, and how reconciliation of self reveals a park forward. 

This book has a sci-fi pretense, but the following narrative is anything but. The real pleasure in this novel is seeing how the world does—or doesn’t— change in lieu of a mysterious force. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Animal death

jessy4550's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Medical content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Death, Gun violence, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Medical trauma and Abandonment

Minor: War

bodenleben's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

byelingual_kegan'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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

scruffie's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Animal cruelty, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

fatfatrat's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-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: Animal death and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, and Grief

Minor: Murder

tlaynejones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence

lilifane's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

This premise was very intriguing. The atmosphere was excellent, very depressing, tense, lonely but also peaceful. I liked the survival aspect of the plot and the stream of consciousness way of story telling. It got a little too repetitive towards the end. On the other hand, the repetitions had an impact on the atmosphere. Unfortunately, I didn't like the writing style, and it effected my reading experience in a negative way. (It's definitely a me-thing. I just don't vibe with vocabulary from this specific time period and place) Still, the book is thought-provoking and reading it during a pandemic definitely hits differently. I think it will stay with me for a little while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Animal cruelty

loxeletters's review against another edition

hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder