Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

I Am Not Okay with This: (netflix Series Tie-In Edition) by Charles Forsman

7 reviews

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I didn't enjoy this graphic novel. The whole story feels underdeveloped and disjointed, and I forgot entirely that it was following the main character's journal so the author didn't make good use of that idea. It felt like this was just too focused on being edgy and shocking and forgot to do the rest of the story building. There's also a lot of unconsensual kissing in this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

sprucewillow's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, and Vomit

eurydice_books_09's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

tbh I don’t know how I feel about this book LOL. Not what I expected at all, i loved the show when it came out so much so checked this out and it was so much crazier than I could imagine. Still pretty cool but so sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Lesbophobia

taaya's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

2.0

WTF? 

This feels like depression and trauma being written by somebody who has never experienced it themselves. Like somebody who has a mentally ill person around them trying to portray said illness without ever actually asking the person what that feels like. Like ...here it looks like the illness doesn't make any sense at all, like there's no logic, like there's no in-depth psychological character study the mentally ill person creates of themselves.

And the added weird superpower? Why doesn't Syd talk to anyone about it? Get help? Why is she constantly insulting people she claims she likes (and no, calling somebody bitch is NOT okay and it is dehumanising). 

And ... I just don't get it. There's either so much going on between the lines without being verbalised, so not accessible for people with my kind of neurodivergency, or the dealing with the topic is very, very flat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: War

jjb1313's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

ayamaro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia

devilledgreggs's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Strong character development? No

2.5

i enjoyed it for what it is, but i feel really conflicted. its just a quick read that doesn't really flesh out a lot and could've been developed into something much more interesting- oh wait, it was and then it got cancelled. this comic just makes me feel bitter about its shows cancellation, the show really expanded upon it so much but it got cancelled before it could go any further than the comic explored. i would've enjoyed it much more on its own but the show being so good and being cancelled before it got better just made me feel sad while reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide

Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault