Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa Sheinmel

25 reviews

shelbysaldan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

the book is very confusing and sort of hard to get through, it took me a lot longer to read because I was sort of dreading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

lily_hamilton's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm

amydrisc's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

ellaandcoffee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Gaslighting

eatwritereadrepeat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Vomit

Minor: Suicide attempt

tetetaeskz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

booksofautumn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

childoflokii's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Self harm and Murder

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

Hannah is such a great character to follow - she's smart, opinionated, with a distinct voice and a super interesting inner monologue. I loved spending this book with her so much! I also loved the writing style, this is such a well-written book with many thought-provoking insights. I will say that I did at times feel a bit claustrophobic reading this book, this is definitely not a book to read in one sitting as there is very little dialogue, we are just inside Hannah's head listening to her thoughts most of the time. At times I wanted a bit more of her relationships, especially her relationship with Lightfoot, as I thought the way that that developed was really great. I do also think that due to the nature of this book it got somewhat repetitive (as you're listening to Hannah's thoughts while she's institutionalized and barely talks to anyone). Apart from these small things though, I loved this book and is probably my favorite so far this year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Self harm

kathrynleah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail