Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer

13 reviews

valos's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Grief, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

becky1209's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Drug use, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

isiscaya's review against another edition

funny hopeful sad slow-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: Child death, Grief, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm

manonschuur's review against another edition

3.25

Mooi verhaal over hoe de dood van een sibling zo'n groot effect kan hebben. Het was echter af en toe wel heel verwarrend omdat het geschreven is vanuit een perspectief van iemand met een mentale stoornis. Verder liep het verhaal ook niet chronologisch en werden niet meteen alle details verteld. Hierdoor was het wel wat verwarrend, maar het zorgde ook voor spanning. Prima boek, als ik sommige delen wat beter begrepen zou hebben had ik het denk ik meer sterren gegeven... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Mental illness, and Grief

sib_reads's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cancer

marit_1305's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Self harm

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

vilde_a's review against another edition

emotional reflective

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

4.0

A great book! Took a bit to get used to skipping between time lines, but very effective way to tell the story. If you’re working with mental health I would definitely recommend reading it!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death and Grief

tw1ceasmanystars's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

i read the first half of this book in one sitting, not able to put it down. it was hard to get in that flow again, but that could just be me.. i thought it was so interesting how you were really sucked up into the mind of matthew, and the choice to put the biggest event on the first few pages but then not explain it until a lot of pages further was very bold, though in my opinion it worked out great: i found this book quite the page-turner. the huge grief was portrayed beautifully, not only in matthew, but in all the characters. the mom was one of the most interesting characters of the book, in my opinion. the mix of timelines made this book chaotic in a good way - it correlated with the way matthew’s brain works - but at times it could get a little bit too confusing. definitely a book i’d read again, also for that reason: it’d be way easier to understand (though that takes a bit of the experience away)

4 out of five stars, would recommend

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

irinalast's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

One of the first books I’ve read in a long time; reminded me why I loved reading. Nathan Filer wrote this with the main character as the author, allowing the reader to experience what his mind does. Memories are told out of order, sometimes they come back unexpectedly, and he often gets distracted to explaining something around him. I think this was a great way of allowing us to build the full story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship