Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott

3 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

3.5

The narrators were amazing! It was interesting at parts but dragged at the beginning. It also was infuriating at parts, but since it's a true story, that couldn't be changed. But I did like the strong woman element a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Xenophobia

cassieyorke's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

This visceral, colorful account of the rise and fall of George Remus instantly won a special place in my heart. Not only is it meticulously researched and breathtakingly told, but Karen Abbot truly brings 1920s Cincinnati to life - or maybe she takes you back to it, just for a little while. She somehow captures the wistful longing of a time long gone, and captures all the optimism, tragedy, and vague sadness of that decade as beautifully as F. Scott Fitzgerald did. I'm keeping this as close to my writing space as I do Gatsby and Flappers and Philosophers. I don't know that I've ever been taken back in time like this.

If it means anything, this book set me alight with its beauty and helped spark the inspiration to finish my debut novel, "Mary, Everything".

And the book's ending is a perfect coup de grace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Confinement

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Cursing

wordwitch73's review

informative mysterious medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gun violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity and Forced institutionalization