Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

12 reviews

john_pascoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"The unhappiness that I need and long for... is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for."

Published in Germany, in 1927 (named Der Steppenwolf), Steppenwolf is another work of art presented through Hesse's characteristic writing style.

Throughout the novel, Herr Harry Haller realises he identifies with wolf qualities and human qualities. He is alienated from society; wild, strange and shy. His hopelessness and desire for death draw him into an enchanted Faustian underworld. Through a series of mysterious encounters - romantic, freakish and savage by turn - romanticist Haller begins to return to his youth and rediscover the lost dreams of his youth.

Even though many teenagers related to the events recounted in Steppenwolf, it was targeted at the middle-aged counterculture. Steppenwolf captured the mood of a disaffected generation that was starting to question all.

Underneath the novel's contention is an ulterior motive of Hesse's trademark philosophies; namely the concept of poles and their interactions.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Death

Moderate: Suicide

loongbooy's review against another edition

funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Murder, and Racism

calealactee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

withywoods's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

Hesse and Haller would have loathed the twenty-first century.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Suicide

klea_klein's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Racial slurs, Drug use, Death, and Racism

itsreirei's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

"You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Murder

francescabooks's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

selmbry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Racial slurs

_evelyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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

2.25

I regret reading this. I’m not even going to bother listing everything I didn’t like. If I wouldn’t have been forced to read this I probably would’ve dnf’d it. (Bonus points: it was surprisingly queer and that was entertaining.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Antisemitism

valerietheresa's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide