Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Satantango by László Krasznahorkai

7 reviews

sunn_bleach's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity and Cursing

Minor: Violence

julziez's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Fatphobia, Violence, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Body shaming, and Bullying

marinalikeaboatyard's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

A challenging but mind-blowing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

revolution666's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Child death, Suicide, Infidelity, and Cursing

Minor: Ableism, Antisemitism, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, and Fatphobia

kiana_hi's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Misogyny, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

klimts15thchild's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Alcoholism

owlishone's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I didn’t enjoy this as much as the other book I’ve read by this author, Seiobo There Below. By midway through, this just felt bleak, bleak, bleak . . . with no sense of purpose. Since Seiobo There Below is really a series of short stories, the payoff occurs immediately, within each chapter. In this, the payoff comes at the end. There is a purpose here; the book is worth reading. The second half is more gratifying than the first half, and the last few chapters are fascinating. I do feel that much of this book might have made more sense to me if I had been more familiar with the region described (Central Europe/Hungary, mid-20th century, I think). There is a sense of more meaning embedded in the text which I simply can’t access. This is to be expected, I suppose, to a greater or lesser extent with any book, but especially with a translated book from a region of the world which one starts out knowing next to nothing about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism