Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

405 reviews

thetheocean's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I thought the dynamics between characters were insightful and felt true. This did feel like an honest portrayal of family trauma and all the complexity that goes along with that. However, and maybe it's because I listened to the audiobook version, I had a hard time following all the jumps between different time periods and places and keeping track of the side characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

kdawg420's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

Wonderful and profound story that hits close to home. This is the kind of book that will leave you thinking, and is by no means an easy beach read. For anyone who is grappling with the intersection between religion and science, this book will spark a lot of reflection and will probably be quite relatable. This is a book you read again every now and then. It was hard to tell whether the story was past or present at times, but not enough to be distracting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

amberlfaris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide attempt

samw0327's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, and Grief

eloiseatthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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

Love Yaa Gyasi's writing. I enjoyed the way this book layered past and present so seemlessly. Beautiful and heart breaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism

coballe's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide attempt

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

loxeletters's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death and Suicide

wisewise's review against another edition

emotional informative sad 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt