Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Ich bin nicht da by Lize Spit

12 reviews

dianavdijk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

pigeon_'s review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

lettevy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

luisagerdsmeyer's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

nadiasch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Mental illness

sara_n's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

liesbethvv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

Alweer zo’n intrigerende klepper van Lize Spit! Vol verwachting aan begonnen en deze verwachtingen werden ingelost. Wat een rollercoaster met een zwaar thema, een bipolaire stoornis, centraal en een hele resem andere mentale uitdagingen aan de zijlijn. Voor fans van een boek met een gemiddeld tempo, waar je tegelijk vooruit wil om te weten wat er zal gebeuren en op de pagina wil blijven om de mooie zinnen en overpeinzingen te degusteren. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping

boblanksma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Car accident

susysstories's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow, gripping, suffocating, emotional. I cannot say I enjoyed reading this book, but then again it’s not meant to be enjoyable. Lize did manage though to elicit all kinds of feelings within me: anguish, sadness, sorrow, hope, anger, disappointment, frustration, hopelessness, compassion etc. To accomplish this she used quite (too?) explicit descriptions and the most severe case of bipolar disorder (which is an exception in the range of bipolar disorders). It shows however how hard it is for patients to function in our society, on the one hand due to their disabilities of course but also due to the limited understanding and tolerance of the impact of psychiatric disorders. Which on the one hand is quite understandable but which on the other hand doesn’t help the person who’s suffering from the disorder. I felt for all of the characters, Simon of course, his girlfriend, his “friends”. Quite complex and problematic and Lize portrayed that perfectly in her book. 
I do believe this book is not for everyone. There are a LOT of triggers and it’s a very heavy and depressing read. I actually felt sick a couple of times while reading it…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying

suusdoetlezen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Blood, and Death of parent