Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

26 reviews

carlycormier_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racism and Classism

marageorge's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

janwe's review

challenging emotional lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

marensorber's review against another edition

medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

andreeadicu's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

1.75

the only way i can describe this is as a big book about nothing really. i picked this book up thinking a majority of this book would be about a tumultuous affair between a young actress and a married man and was really looking for the drama and internal turmoil á la The Great Gatsby. 

unfortunately the affair between Dick and Rosemary probably only takes up about 30% of the novel. They kiss a bit and tease a little and then sleep together once and that’s about it. There’s hardly any internal push and pull from Dick discussed, or any effect on Rosemary’s life. The actual affair also took forever to culminate without the pleasant will they won’t they, it simply happened 150 pages so briefly you could’ve missed it. 

By far the most interesting part was the retelling of Nicole’s early mental illness. These couple dozen pages are probably what pushed me to finish this book. Really makes it enjoyable to see Dick selfishly fall from grace by the end. 

With so much space to deal with anything else, no wonder Fitzgerald had time to add unnecessary racist and homophobic scenes. What exactly was the purpose of Peterson dying and Rosemary finding it if that had no lasting effect on either Dick’s relationship with Rosemary or with Nicole? And what was the point of the explicit “conversion therapy” style scene describing medical treatments for homosexuality? The most I delve into Fitzgerald the more he disappoints me, even for a man of the early 20th Century.

Just overall one big disappointment. It’s such a shame, because even in this novel of his, Fitzgerald’s writing flows nicely and reads beautifully. He should perhaps stick to books of about 200 pages though. 

P.S.: Justice for my girl Nicole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and War

tinathedrifter's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

hattiefrankie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Racism and Murder

oliveslittlelibrary_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence and Racial slurs

edwardscrowtown's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexism

maddalenacesco's review against another edition

reflective fast-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

mr dick diver living up to his name

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Medical content