Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

O livro do Xadrez by Stefan Zweig

10 reviews

themis_biblos's review against another edition

5.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Bekanntlich erzeugt kein Ding auf Erden einen solchen Druck auf die menschliche Seele wie das Nichts. 

McConnor gehörte zu jener Sorte selbstbesessener Erfolgsmenschen, die auch im belanglosesten Spiel eine Niederlage schon als Herabsetzung ihres Persönlichkeitsbewußtseins empfinden. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: War

ranashshap's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Antisemitism

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

chluless's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Genocide, Antisemitism, War

tigertheory's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Absolutely captivating. I was planning to listen to this while doing chores but ended up just sitting there for two hours completely enthralled. Beautifully written, devastating, empathetic, subtly funny. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Torture, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, War

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

---

I don’t know why I didn’t expect a book published in 1942 to include WWII.  It was quite dark and definitely reminded me of other stories involving idiot savants.

I half expected everything to take a violent turn but it ended on a rather premature and abrupt note.

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: War

itsreirei's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness

insa's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Torture

sitrone's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Torture

Minor: Self harm, War

kattee's review against another edition

3.75

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Book’s alright. It ended when I was most hooked, which left me hanging and needing for more. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis