Reviews tagging 'Death'

Grime: A Novel by Sibylle Berg

4 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

lisamit5a's review against another edition

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

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