Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Kuulen sisareni kutsuvan by Meg Wolitzer

8 reviews

savvylit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A

2.0

The good: relatively well written and empathetic towards very specific new adult feelings of anxiety and depression.

The bad: I found the book boring and naive. Mostly because I am certainly not the target audience at all. To begin, the initial trio of girls obsessed with death were full of intrigue. But Claire left the other "death girls" behind so quickly. Additionally, I didn't realize quite how young this entire book would feel. Wolitzer was twenty-one when she published Sleepwalking and it shows. I think I might have enjoyed this when I was somewhere around that same age. At 32, though, Sleepwalking just seemed like a shallow story striving too hard for meaning. I've read much better debuts by young authors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

hunkydory's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Pregnancy

pippawig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide

paigemushaw's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

solasuaine's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

itsmycah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Domestic abuse and Sexual content

lucyrosemack's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug use

catluvr's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness