Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Bieguni by Olga Tokarczuk

3 reviews

mice_are_nice's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Sexual content

carojust's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This is a collection of studies on the soul and being, multi-dimensionality and metaphysics, mobility and existence, permanence and detachment, human design and the language of God. If you think that's a mouthful, that's not even skimming the surface. It's intense, confusing and poetically insightful.

I think Olga Tokarczuk puts a lot of faith in the reader to get through this mental obstacle course. All to get to a place of saying, don't take this too seriously. If that's your thing, and you want something to read at the airport that acknowledges you're reading at the airport, you'll love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, and Stalking

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria