Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

113 reviews

kathrynw12's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

I loved this book. It’s an amazing and thoughtful exploration of grief and mental health, and also somehow a love letter to libraries. Her treatment of psychiatry was fascinating and infuriating, and I couldn’t help but feel that somewhere along the line, Ozeki had a negative experience with this field. I was rooting for all the characters in this book and wanted them to have a happy ending.

The ending felt a little rushed to me and a little convenient, but I think the characters needed a happy ending. Leaving it ambiguous or completely devastating would have been a disservice.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

hmoring's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Very charming and very odd book. It covers so many important topics without really being about one topic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Drug use and Self harm

fri3d_kai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book kinda hurt my soul and I almost cried on the tube, but I couldn't put it down so...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

zoinkie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

al_excellent's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ojudson39's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Self harm

trvreooo's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.0

The prose of this book is definitely the highlight. Ozeki does so much interesting voicing and writing. The way she articulates the thoughts of different characters is masterful. The articulation of grief is downright hard to read at times, usually in a good way. Handling of difficult subject matter was not always my favorite, but not awful. I felt like the end was a bit abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Sexual assault

ioananana's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

Just WOW. I haven’t read a book with such a strong message in ages. Really makes you think about how our environment and the way we are brought up shapes us as humans. The way our parents’ toxic patterns affect us… It’s just gorgeous. I have to say, it might be one of my favourite books of all time now. A bit slow paced at the beginning but once you’re past the first couple of chapters, it sucks you in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

faina_lea's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

carolive's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis