Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Dinner by Herman Koch

6 reviews

inhaledmocha's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.5

What a wild ride. I never expected anything that happened in this book. Fantastic read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Violence, Racism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Xenophobia and Classism

miamark's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gyangyanny's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

Moderate: Blood

elisalasater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Hate crime, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Abortion and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.75

Well done. Dark, creepy, sometimes hard to relate to. I like that it all takes place over one long dinner with flashbacks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Torture, and Cursing

kerryac's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Please kill me if I ever start acting this loyal to anyone just because they’re family.  This book premise was intriguing but Paul’s extensive backstory made my eyes glaze over and the current day chapters felt rushed through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis