Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

87 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Colonisation, and War

poisonwood's review against another edition

3.0

Hard to read sometimes because of the content, difficult material 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

miles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Blood

highmarshal_azure's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicide, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

riddhi9191's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, and Abortion

casandra_lovealwaysbooks's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Phenomenal, honestly I have no other words than this was phenomenal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

aprilpamyl's review

emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and War

camilahaha__'s review against another edition

emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, and Alcohol

disasterdump's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

I finished this yesterday and I'm sure it will stay with me. A very powerful, intergenerational story of Palestinian-American women's lives. Multiple perspectives delving into abuse, motherhood, gender roles, education, and family secrets and lies. I was kept hooked by the mystery elements and the ending lingers in my mind.  

Help Amira save her husband Muhammad from Gaza 👉 https://www.gofundme.com/f/from-dreams-to-ruins-help-my-family-survive

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Islamophobia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Abortion