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silentcat7135's review
4.0
Solid story about pain, compassion, and depression. We all find reasons to keep on living. Or don't. If you were in constant emotional pain and there were a way to remove yourself from existence, like It's a Wonderful Life but without Clarence going around showing how much worse off everyone would be without you, would you do it? If you could absent yourself from existence without hurting those left behind?
Reading this reminded me to two quotes that have stuck with me from very different sources.
On the pain side of the equation, it reminded me of Al Swearengen in Deadwood...
"Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back."
On the compassion side is Robin Williams' character in The Fisher King, who tells the legend of the Fisher King, with the fool who asks the wounded king, "What ails you friend?"
Finally, given the necessarily bleak emotional tone of the story, the final sentences of Please Undo This Hurt offer a small balm of hope.
Reading this reminded me to two quotes that have stuck with me from very different sources.
On the pain side of the equation, it reminded me of Al Swearengen in Deadwood...
"Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back."
On the compassion side is Robin Williams' character in The Fisher King, who tells the legend of the Fisher King, with the fool who asks the wounded king, "What ails you friend?"
Finally, given the necessarily bleak emotional tone of the story, the final sentences of Please Undo This Hurt offer a small balm of hope.
nickjagged's review
3.0
This one's a toughie. It's emotionally knotted in a way that lets Dickinson set up his thesis in such limited space without giving any easy outs to the reader. Honestly something I'd love to read again in a few years to see how I handle it differently.
spinesinaline's review
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
piantina's review
4.0
“The problem is caring too much, caring so much you can’t ask for help because everyone else is already in so much pain.”
era uma vez um coração.
era uma vez um coração.
transmortalinjection's review
5.0
I read this story about 15 times in May or something. Revisiting again. This story means the world to me. I read it, and I want the number a little a less. Deep existential nausea and a self-annihilating, hateful ego are no joke. Take care of yourself.