Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen

5 reviews

goldschakal's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Incest, Suicide attempt, and Adult/minor relationship

meemzala's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

2.5

I wonder if this was a poor translation. There were so many similes using the same formula page after page after page. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Incest and Adult/minor relationship

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest

hotkoolaidpotato's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Very good. Hard to get into at first, but very good read. Surprisingly the main character losing her mind wasn't the most disturbing part of the book. Very compelling description of mental illness. Excited to read more from this author! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Incest, Sexual content, and Suicide

juliehau's review against another edition

dark reflective

• 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

3.75

Tove Ditlevsen's writing really made it feel like i was going insane along with Lise Mundus. I don't think I'll recover from this book any time soon. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Mental illness, Infidelity, Incest, Gaslighting, Antisemitism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Forced institutionalization