Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

3 reviews

lizkocher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood

kenkennady's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, and Classism

melissacushman's review against another edition

reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Meditation on loneliness and misfits trying to find connection. Very mature writing and themes, hard to believe it was written by a 23-year-old! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality