Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman

49 reviews

epohlig's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative 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

4.75

This book was great! I really appreciated the perspective it provided on mental illness, especially Caden’s, since it can be so easy to fear and ostracize those who are different from us, even if they’re just trying to survive. 

I also enjoyed the two storylines and how

as they converged,

there was a blend of reality and imagination (that might not be the best word choice - sorry). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

maxrank_11's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Mental illness, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Cursing

ms_sarah621'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Incest and Sexual assault

at806's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-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

4.5

The kind of book that demands a reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

ghostwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Self harm, Rape, and Torture

ghoulomatic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

jebowman123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ecravens's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Rape, and Suicide attempt

eriley's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I think I would need to read this a second time to really understand everything that was going on; at times I feel like I wasn't really taking in all the prose. The ending also seemed a bit underwhelming for me. But I really enjoyed this. The short vignettes and the back-and-forth between the "worlds" worked really well, and I think the metaphors weren't too heavy-handed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

buplupblup's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse