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Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth by Hermann Hesse
19 reviews
lio_ramon_dolor's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Bullying
Minor: Suicide attempt
bearyboo's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
3.25
ok i love this book. yes it may be boring, but only if you go into it expecting ANYTHING to happen. the whole book is about Sinclair, Demian, and Sinclair's development. Kromer's extortion of Sinclair is really theonly action (and maybe Sinclair getting drafted, but that part wasn't very detailed and mostly focused on Demian dying) i love love looove how much Sinclair seems to be falling in love with Demian but the relationship between Sinclair and Demian's mom is REALLY gross and it seems like the author forgot what kinda book he was writing and that Sinclair is VERY OBVIOUSLY in love with Demian overall AWESOME book imo, awesome coming of age book for people who like horrifyingly old books. a lot of religion too, but not too overwhelming. so sorry, most of my criticisms are spoilers T^T OMG AND SINCLAIR ACCIDENTALLY PAINTING DEMIAN WAS AWESOME TOO OK BYE HAVE FUN
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death
hatofulbf's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-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? It's complicated
3.25
Bizarre
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Racism and Stalking
bacchus's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
lycheeteareads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism
Moderate: War and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death
endlayer's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
genuinely changed my life and is one of the most influential books ive ever read. i cannot reccomend it enough.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Bullying
Minor: Alcoholism and Suicide attempt
focuses on christian religion quite a bit so if that's an issue i would reccomend avoiding. the beginning of the book also has a focus on sinclair being bullied. sinclair has a lot of suicidal thoughts, andparadicsomleves'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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Incest, War, and Death
katbenimble's review
challenging
dark
slow-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
3.5
This is a coming-of-age story that I don't think really was relatable for me. Well, I take that back. A lot of the religious information was incredibly relatable to my childhood, so there was some camaraderie there. It's a relatively short book, but I guess I was expecting more of an obvious philosophical revelation at the end? We read this in my bookclub, so it was fascinating to do research on the author and had a lot of fun with that. Would probably not pick up any of his other works though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying and Suicide attempt
Moderate: War and Gaslighting
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
onthehummingbirds's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Bullying
Moderate: War
bibl1ophilic_niah's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I was surprised to find out that this book is close to autobiographical, but I found that to be an interesting way to keep the storytelling fresh as it allows readers to establish a different lens for a fictional story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Adult/minor relationship