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- 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
5.0
So first off there's racism all up in the book let's just get that out of the way (well there's actually a hell of a lot of things that could count for a warning that I tried to tag)
The book overall while feeling slow in parts is a very good read and I think might be considered an important read on "mental hospitals" coming from someone who is antipsych partly because of how these institutions are still horribly ran
I think some of the important little notes when you find out most of these guys are self admitted because of course society tells you there's something wrong with you if you don't fit their mold of a "normal healthy mind" and since so many people nowadays still play straight into psychiatrys hand by telling everyone "therapy is for everyone"
Also the fact thattwo of them are seemingly in there because of seizures like these institutes are well known for forcing disabled people into them for simply being disabled
And while Mack's character is loveable in some waysstill disturbing that he's seemingly a pedophile but I can appreciate how far he went for these guys like he could've left multiple times near the end but didn't not to mention you can tell that the two characters who did die during the story both had an impact on him
I also love the aspect of the Chief and his backstory especiallythe bits when he's getting electroshock therapy
The book overall while feeling slow in parts is a very good read and I think might be considered an important read on "mental hospitals" coming from someone who is antipsych partly because of how these institutions are still horribly ran
I think some of the important little notes
Also the fact that
And while Mack's character is loveable in some ways
I also love the aspect of the Chief and his backstory especially
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Colonisation
Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism
Minor: Pedophilia, Violence, Excrement, and Murder
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