Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

42 reviews

emmentalol's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

zamakodknjiga's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Stomak mi se prevrnuo od čitanja ove knjige i to ne zato što je bila gnusna, nego zato što je tako istinita. Sve je postalo još teže kad sam saznala razlog iza trenutka u kome Veroniku naziva svojom prijateljicom.

Sve vreme dok sam čitala razmišljala sam o dve stvari: "da li je ova knjiga za mene?" i "šta je to ludost?". Nije mi bilo svejedno da je čitam, a s druge strane sam zavolela likove iz knjige najviše jer sam mogla duboko da ih razumem.

Ova knjiga bu mogla da spada u horor realnosti u koji smo kao čovečanstvo zapali. I zato ne bih mogla bilo kome da je preporučim. Ono u šta sam sigurna je da je kniiga teška i da vuče na razmišljanje. I da je vredi pročitati, u svoje vreme.

Volela bih da sam maj započela malo vedrijom temom, ali definitivno mi je drago što sam ovu knjigu pročitala jer je u suprtonom ne bih uzela.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual content

blues's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Questa lettura è stata davvero bella e di ispirazione, penso che mi porterò con me questi personaggi per molto tempo anche futuro, insieme agli insegnamenti che ognuno di loro mi ha dato.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Medical content

annsfictworld's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I would say that the book was actually pretty good, I enjoyed reading through everyone's stories and their journey in finding purpose once again. However, it was a bit hard to stay focused, but I think that it's just a me problem, because it's also not my style of book. I've read quite a lot of physiological themed fiction and I'd have to choose them over this one. Nevertheless, I think it's a book worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War, Sexual content, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Addiction

godyouresexy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

dezembrluft's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide attempt and War

xlaurareads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

it took me a while to get into this book and grasp what it really is about but in the end i really liked it. it gives a lot food for thought and reflection about various topics (e.g. life, love, death, mental health). there's a lot to understand and reflect on in this short book, but that was greatly done by following a relatively clear red thread. I'm not per se okay with what dr. igor does/did in the book but i can see where he was coming from and where he wanted to go. the ending was a bit too loose for me but i still liked it in a way to leave it to one's own imagination

to veronica when she finds out that she won't die too soon and how everything will turn out with eduard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: War

s_snape_hbp's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Grief

anczki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Islamophobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

ale15sousa's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Did not expect the ending until I got closer to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Torture and War