Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

2 reviews

cilie's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

Frak McCourt narrates his own memoirer to perfection; He speaks a distinct Irish but does other dialects, like American and British, and he sings quite nicely when relevant. 

The story of McCourt's childhood in deep poverty is a heart breaking one, but also one full of love and kindness, hope and dreams. It reads like a novel with a narrative voice that develops slowly as Frank gets older. The characters spring of the page and come to life; some you hate, some you love and some break your heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence

Minor: Vomit

mandi4886's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Great writing and very detailed descriptions of life in poverty. I did find the ending to be a bit odd and lacking closure. I also found some of the details within this book to be unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, and Toxic friendship