Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

5 reviews

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

calamityin's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Violence, Mental illness, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Antisemitism, Grief, Addiction, and Incest

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Classism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Antisemitism, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, and Body horror

durrareadsstuff's review against another edition

reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I picked this up after I saw carley thornes's video about easy-to-read classics, and I agree. It's definitely one of the classics where I actually have some sort of idea of what's going on. Whether my understanding is right or wrong is a different matter. But anyway, I liked it. And it was a short book too. 

I don't really know how to analyse a classic—it seems wrong somehow haha. But I liked Nick Carraway, and the way he narrates the story. Most of the other characters—let's face it—were pretty much jerks. I guess the takeaway from this is that rich people get away with everything? 

I thought the writing was beautiful. There were some racist and sexist stuff mentioned, but the main character didn't seem to support or particularly fight it, so I'm not really sure what the book's stand is on the issues. It also captures the very sad nature of Mr Gatsby's life and his loneliness.

Overall, fun, quick, it's a good classic for someone like me, i.e. someone with a very short attention span and has a hard time understanding most things.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism and Racism

Minor: Mental illness and Physical abuse

ssgcedits's review against another edition

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

5.0

Masterpieces shall always be masterpieces. Possibly, my favourite book of all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mental illness