Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

27 reviews

ac_rva's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Murder, Death, Antisemitism, Torture, Terminal illness, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, Confinement, War, Hate crime, and Physical abuse

tctimlin's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

Part One, where Frankl describes his concentration camp experiences is moving and devastating.  Part Two, where he describes his therapeutic philosophy, is dry and frustrating (I am not at all convinced that just flipping the script for a depressed or ill person is going to magically solve their issues).  He ignores biology in favor of just mentally changing one’s attitude.  The Afterword actually does a better job of explaining his philosophy and showing the optimism behind Frankl’s approach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Antisemitism, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Torture, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and War

tiffanyg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Genocide, Hate crime, Suicide, and Xenophobia

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Genocide, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, War, Violence, Death, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Torture

dogmomsitcom's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Torture, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and War

jeroenlt's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Genocide, Deportation, Torture, Murder, Emotional abuse, War, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Physical abuse, and Hate crime

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Cancer

ptitirodactyle's review against another edition

I do recognize the importance of such a book. I found the first part really interesting and enlightening. 

I don’t plan on reading the second part at the moment, because of the criticism that has been brought upon Logotherapy by numerous psychologists and the lack of scientific evidence to support some of the claims. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Antisemitism, Suicide, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, War, Physical abuse, Slavery, Grief, Death, Deportation, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, and Violence

grimmworld's review against another edition

I just could not handle reading a 1st hand account of the horrors of being a Jewish person in a concentration camp. This was touted as a inspirational memoir, & I have no doubt it is, but if you have any form of depression, this takes you to a dark place, you don't need to be there.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Torture, Grief, Death, Antisemitism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

You have to be in a perfect mind set in order to read this book. Not easily depressed, not over empathetic. If you cry while watching those coming home for Christmas commercials, you will have a problem reading this book.

flowingleaves's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Genocide, Hate crime, War, Violence, Confinement, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

tmickey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Murder, Genocide, and Torture