Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Charlotte by David Foenkinos

6 reviews

violetteddd's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Un livre très poignant et extrêmement bien écrit 

J’ai lu la version qui contient certaines gouaches de Charlotte Salomon, ce qui a rendu la lecture encore plus incroyable !

David Foenkinos retrace son histoire et interprète ses peintures avec beaucoup de justesse et il arrive à nous rendre, à notre tour, fasciné.e.s par Charlotte Salomon, son travail et sa vie

« Le sentiment d’avoir enfin trouvé ce que je cherchais.
Le dénouement inattendu de mes attirances.
Mes errances m’avaient conduit au bon endroit.
Je le sus dès l’instant où je découvris Vie? ou Théâtre?
Tout ce ce que j’aimais.
Tout ce qui me troublait depuis des années.
(…)
Tout était là.
Dans un éclat de couleurs vives. »

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Suicide, and Deportation

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault, Incest, and Sexual violence

theatreuse's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Je ne suis pas sure d’un jour trouver les mots pour parler de charlotte

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Deportation, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Genocide, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

might_be_may's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Xenophobia, War, and Torture

libraryofcam's review against another edition

5.0

Je ressens la même chose que lorsque j’ai fini « Vers la beauté » également de Foenkinos. Quel auteur formidable. 

Bouleversant. Horrifiant. Magnifique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Abandonment, War, Religious bigotry, Deportation, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Dementia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Sexual harassment

romanebzt's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

I was sobbing all along, what a life…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Deportation, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

icarusandthesun's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

No rating, because how could I give the tragedy of someone's life a star rating?

Charlotte is a beautiful book.
It is intense, melancholic, sad, a gem reflecting death, and pain, and the unfiltered experience of life as a Jew during World War 2.
This book features everything disastrous, but also beauty, creativity, inspiration. Freedom during a time where there was none.

"... - the beauty and the terror were two sides of a single coin."
(That's a quote from Pat Barker's 'The Silence Of the Girls', but I thought it fitting. It perfectly sums up this book and all its uniqueness.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Hate crime, Violence, Death, and War

Minor: Murder, Rape, and Sexual harassment