Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Sarmaşık by Chana Porter

8 reviews

basementeyes's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

So incredibly written, so insightful. I nearly cried at the end which is not an easy feat with me! Loved it loved it loved it. It hit me in all the right spots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

philamot's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted reflective fast-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

Lovely read that raises a lot of interesting ideas and questions. It doesn’t complete these thoughts the way a longer story might, but I still felt immersed in the roiling, changing world of The Seep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Mental illness

Minor: Gun violence

abiofpellinor's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

electric_death_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Transphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, and Dysphoria

goodoldfashionedidiot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely loved the book, it has some flaws, like not having enough pages, where I wished it would have been longer. Because I think the world could have been explored so much more! But all in all I just fell completely into the book and it was great reading it...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

gcjay1994's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

You ever read one of those books that you make you think, "What the hell did I just read?" Yeah, this is one of those – but in the best possible way. Even after reading the description I had no idea what to expect. This book made me all sorts of uncomfortable, but in a way that was enjoyable...? This is a very gritty, dark and bizarre look at what it means to be human. I highly recommend any sci-fi reader pick up this up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

abitdicier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

A quick, immersive read for the Shirley Jackson fan who will go for some Ted Chiang if their enby beloved reads it aloud to them. RIYL Karen Russell, Carmen Maria Machado, and especially Helen Phillips.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Minor: Gun violence and Medical content

booksthatburn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

THE SEEP is about pain, loss, grief, and the necessity of leaving space for sadness. The MC is trying to process her personal grief in a world which continually blunts the edges of pain and often totally erases sadness via the aliens which infect them. She fights to keep the messy parts of herself and doesn't understand why almost everyone else is content to lose that roughness. Her journey has a lot of messy stages which I don't want to spoil because part of the point of the story is that living through the moments without knowing how it'll end or if everything will be okay is important, and everyone needs the space to decide what they want, the freedom to make bad choices and learn from them.

Most of this book is aftercare and processing loss, and after reading it I feel sad but okay. It's a good kind of sad, and I really like the emotional arc of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death

Minor: Racism and Suicide

CW for racism, alcoholism, depression, mental illness, suicide (not depicted), major character death death.