Reviews with content warning for Suicide attempt - The Faces

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goldschakal's review against another edition

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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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meemzala's review against another edition

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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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meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

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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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hotkoolaidpotato's review

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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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gellyreads's review against another edition

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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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southpawsammy's review

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dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.25

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nathaniajacobsson's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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clara_mai's review against another edition

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3.0

Wie schon die Kopenhagen Trilogie von Tove Ditlevsen habe ich auch diesen Roman von ihr als Hörbuch gehört, weil Dagmar Manzels Art die Texte zu lesen mir so gefällt und so gut zu Ditlevsens Stimme passt. Im Gegensatz zu ihren Memoiren konnte mich Gesichter jedoch nicht vollständig überzeugen. Der aus einfachen Sätzen, feinen bis poetischen Beobachtungen bestehende Schreibstil, der mich in der Trilogie so gefesselt hat, konnte hier nicht die gleiche Wirkung erreichen. Der Anfang des Buches, der erzählt, wie die Protagonistin Lise sich in ihrer eigenen Wohnung immer weiter von der Realität entfernt war so vielversprechend und die Beschreibungen ihrer Wahrnehmung der Gesichter so einprägsam, dass ich gebannt weitergelesen habe. Ab ihrer Einweisung in eine Klinik fokussiert sich die Geschichte aber in großen Teilen auf eine halluzinierte Version von Lises Haushälterin und deren Weltanschauung, von der sie die Protagonistin überzeugen möchte. Die Fragen, die dadurch aufgeworfen werden, fand ich leider nicht so interessant/relevant und dadurch, dass gewisse Überlegungen sich im Kreis drehen wurden andere Aspekte überschattet. Insgesamt ist es trotzdem ein durchaus lesenswerter Bericht, der sehr nah und genau die Empfindungen einer Frau die eine Psychose durchlebt wiedergibt und starke autobiographische Züge aufweist.

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