Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Kärlek i Seoul by Sang Young Park

11 reviews

augustst's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol

heir_of_regulus's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.75

For me personally this book was difficult to force myself through. I couldn't get myself to like the main character at all, which is a first for me, I've never had that problem before. Also all of the relationships are super toxic. None of them seem to have a purpose. The character didn't really seem to grow, just making horizontally bad decisions. Also there wasn't really an ending? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cancer and Xenophobia

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

matoju's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Sexual content

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

annagerman's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was interesting, unfortunetly it just wasn't for me 😑 
The characters were well-written and authentic. 
The MC's uniqeu voice was definitely the best part of the book, he's flawed, rude and self-absorbed, but also likeable and touching, I couldn't help but root for him.
I really loved the relationships in this book, they were so complex and realistic.
Also I love the depictions of the big city, its energy and presence.

However, the structure and the pacing felt off. It was like a collections of short stories about the same character, but the timelines and emotions didn't always aligne.
I actually had a time getting back into the story after putting the book down, it took me a while to get though it even though it's so short.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Alcohol

elliejhnsn's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

jazzy_t's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Stunning, was a delight to read. 

Having not particularly read much translated fiction this has really made me want to read more. Reading story's based in diffrent places and cultures, was great.

This book had me gripped from the start, and the end will stick in my head I think. Would highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Abortion

Minor: Mental illness

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Stalking

lwalla01's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was really interesting. Long listed for the Man Booker International Prize in 2022, I think this has a really entertaining and marketable feel for a wide audience. Each section of this book has a really different feel as you go through the protagonist’s life. It almost feels as if it’s written about or by different people. The subject matter varies from the lighthearted to really dark. It was an enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt