Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen

5 reviews

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

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

gellyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I know it's supposed to be difficult to follow, but I still really struggled. I really want to love books where people are going crazy, but I'm not sure I can ever appreciate or understand them. This reminded me of The Bell Jar, but in a less sad, more frenzy way. Yet it felt like nothing was ever happening? And the ending was just super confusing to me. I'm really frustrated that this is beloved and I can't find a decent summary because I feel like I didn't understand what I read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Suicide attempt

mondovertigo's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: War

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