Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

36 reviews

abioneil's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Death and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

lupitabaeyongo's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit

reddeddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

casey_sunshine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent

adrigodebison's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

emcp's review against another edition

hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

“‘What’s the point of all of this?’ is a question that separates humans from other animals. Our curiosity around this issue has sparked everything from science to literature to philosophy to religion. When the answer to this question is ‘Because God deemed it so,” we might feel comforted. But what if the answer to this question is ‘I don’t know,’ or worse still, ‘Nothing’?”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Forced institutionalization

pollyhall's review against another edition

Couldn't relate to characters in story.<Object to animals used for medical testing>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Abandonment

rebeccafarren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

chandle5's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

though our stories have significant differences, this book made me feel seen in a way that few others ever have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent