Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

GRM: Brainfuck by Sibylle Berg

9 reviews

fionamclary's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Mein erster Roman auf Deutsch, jetzt fertiggemacht! Wie Frau Berg sagen würde: Hurra, Romane auf Deutsch.

Er war extrem grausam und deprimierend, aber auch lebendig trotz der langsamen Handlung. Dieses Buch hat keine Kapitel und maändert ziemlich deswegen, aber die Aufsätze sind meistens zum Nachdenken anregend.

Ich bin ehrlich erleichtert, fertig zu sein, aber ich plane, das zweite Buch nächstes Jahr als mein 2025 deutsches Buch zu lesen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Excrement, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Trafficking, Violence, Hate crime, Murder, Misogyny, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Islamophobia, Animal death, Cancer, Abortion, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Deportation, Homophobia, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Addiction and Antisemitism

blubbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I think this book is an interesting perspective on a lot of issues that do exist in this world. However, it is very long and basically suffering every page. I think you should be aware of that before you read it. I definitely noticed my mood worsening everytime I read it. And I felt down for sometimes even 1-2 days afterwards. So be prepared. Other than that I would still encourage people to read it just because it touches subjects that are very real and things that are happening right now. It is definitely thought provoking, which I guess is its purpose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Murder, Suicide, Animal death, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

kleinstein's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Sexism

vaguelyfrude's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.75

ich habe versucht vor der review content warnungen zu geben und dann festgestellt, dass ich eigentlich die gesamte liste auswählen müsste... das fasst meine lese erfahrung ganz gut zusammen. Sybille Berg schreibt aber trotzdem gut, ich höre die theater autor*in, jede person hat eine eigene prägnante stimme, die szenen gehen toll ineinander über und ich mag den zynischen schreibstil. Aber ich musste mich sehr durch das buch kämpfen. Die dystopische welt, die sybille berg beschreibt, wirkt grausam, erschütternd und ihre gefahren für uns nur einige jahre vor (bzw. eigentlich auch schon während) der erzählten zeit sehr real, aber war es dafür wirklich nötig missbrauch und hassverbrechen seite für seite, 600 seiten lang so aneinanderzureihen? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

holono's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, War, Ableism, Addiction, Murder, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Violence, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Abortion, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Biphobia, Car accident, Terminal illness, Dysphoria, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lisamit5a's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Even though I added a hell of a lot of content warnings to this, it's still worth the read if you can make it through all of that. Also, it felt weird but I had to check "funny" for the tags, because the dark humour is strong in this one and sometimes it gets so hopeless that you have to laugh instead of cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Drug use, Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

olivetree's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

parksvslibraries's review

dark

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

buecherballern's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, and Rape