Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

29 reviews

maceydowns's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

upon finishing I immediately had to go back and read the beginning again. Such a unique read that I’m sure you’d get more from on every reread 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body horror, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Self harm, and Stalking

traa's review

dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

aisabel's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Beautiful prose, confusing plot. Very unsatisfying ending, but I might still reread it to better appreciate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, and Incest

kys831's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Eating disorder

nurglesblessing's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

miyothecat's review

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Incest, and Suicide

_azure76's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Blood

carolinestes's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

White is for Witching is a book I started for class, put down, picked back up in a panic the week before my exam, and then was engulfed by. It is eerie and deep and confusing and meaningful. This is not a pleasant, good vibes book this is a book that forces you to see the ugliness in the world and in our history.
Miranda is a white British girl haunted by three generations of racist female ancestors along with the house they all lived in. Miranda’s story shows how white people, specifically white women, can never escape the horrors of our colonial, racist ancestors. No matter Miranda’s love for her Nigerian-British girlfriend, she will always hold that evil white female history within her.
This book amazed me. I have so so many thoughts on it that could never fit into a single post. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Xenophobia

poirot's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Gore and Confinement

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, and Drug use

j_squaredd's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

I would likely rate this much higher if I were in a different headspace when I had read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent