Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet

5 reviews

velvet_young's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

eri002's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: War

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was described as funny. I'm not sure where the humour came in, but I didn't "get it" in his last book either and still enjoyed it so [shrug emoji]

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

alisonannk's review

challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

natashak1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Not quite another His Bloody Project, but certainly in the same vein. Sticking with the wonderful practice of melding fact and fiction, this book takes things a little further and combines found diaries with the biography of the psychologist our main character is investigating. Both parts of the book, notebooks and biography, were well written, and the change in style between the two provided respite in places where fatigue may have otherwise set in. The progression of the mental state of Rebecca and the ongoing description of Braithwaite's life balance and contrast one another perfectly, and in this case the whole is certainly worth more than the sum of the parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis