Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Dove sei, mondo bello by Sally Rooney

326 reviews

nevaleavitt's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bien's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.0

First book I've read by Sally Rooney, and honestly I did like it! I cannot really express my feelings about it yet, so I might edit this review later on, or I might not, who knows! 

Two things I didn't like about the book is that the writer didn't use indications for when people we're having a conversation/emailing with each other. It was also sometimes very unclear who we were reading about > no POV announcements. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

citizenofmorning's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Understatedly unique prose. Dialogue is very striking to me, though not sure if that’s Rooney’s craft or just the fact that the characters are Irish. But speaking of!! It's so full of character. I love it.

In a four-star review for Vox, Constance Grady argued that Beautiful World investigates questions with which Rooney's fiction has been consistently preoccupied:

"As the world collapses all around us, is it morally defensible to devote your life to love, relationships, and the aesthetic pleasure of books? What if you get rich from it?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

veroverovero000's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Grief

alida_f's review

emotional hopeful 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Mental illness

lovelybubbles's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Self harm, Death of parent, Mental illness, Bullying, Biphobia, Drug use, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, and Classism

raitherabbit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective slow-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

4.0

The first of Sally Rooney’s books I’ve read, and definitely not the last. I like the exploration of humanity and our flaws. While there wasn’t a “plot” per se, it was still very interesting to read about the mundane interactions of the characters and how their relationships with each other push and pull. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

feainneh's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

effortlesslybookishbre_'s review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.75

I really wanted to love this, but unfortunately the story fell very short. The pacing seemed very inconsistent, the different points of views of the characters were hard to follow, so at times it was difficult to understand who was talking within the story. I also felt this book was too short for all the characters to be fully developed, and all their nuances and growth to be fleshed out. I left the story feeling as if there was more detail that needed to be added, overall this book unfortunately was not very memorable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

megb64's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts