bashsbooks's review against another edition
- 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
1.75
Also, I have a psychology degree and a personal hatred of Freud and heavily Freudian-psychology. This would probably not bother most people (Farber fits with the pop culture ideas of a psychologist) but it bothers me. His internal monologues are annoying.
Alicia and her art, and how she relates her art to her traumas, are the best things about this book.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Self harm, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Child abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual content
-Specifically a graphic eye injury -Takes place in a psychiatric ward for violent womenfi_nikki's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Torture, Misogyny, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
lindtash's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Suicide attempt, and Gun violence
Moderate: Infidelity, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Medical content
Minor: Ableism
becca_w_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Car accident, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Stalking
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Misogyny, and Physical abuse
lavenderdolmeh's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt
Minor: Ableism and Fatphobia
unchallenged ableism against BPD and NPD, minor unchallenged fatphobiakyeshaisadore's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
The wildest part is that the author said he worked part time in a psychiatric unit and was/is trained as a therapist (?????)! Please be serious!!!
Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, and Fatphobia
wolkenkruemel's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Ableism
vaguely_pink's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Addiction, Body shaming, Car accident, Drug use, and Murder
Minor: Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Child abuse
weiwuxian's review
Graphic: Misogyny, Stalking, and Ableism
ashylibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Murder, Gun violence, Suicide, Death, Stalking, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Self harm
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Mental illness, Ableism, Violence, Medical content, and Blood