Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

4 reviews

grereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.5

I absolutely loved the book. The -0.5 stars is just because it was sometimes difficult to keep up with the narration, since it was my first time reading something written in stream of consciousness. I loved how the narration is presented through the thoughts of the different characters and how there are many different points of view. I also liked how the characters' personalities can be understood both through their own analysis of themselves and through what the other characters think of them. Septimus and Peter were characters that particularly impressed me. The passage about Sir. William Bradshaw and his love of proportion/conversion is one of the greatest pieces of writing I've ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Colonisation, War, and Forced institutionalization

scmiller's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Misogyny, Self harm, and Colonisation

Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Racism, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Slavery and Grief

kers_tin's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Racism, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, War, Classism, Ableism, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gun violence and Grief

librarymouse's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

3.5

I am interested in reading this book over and over again in the hopes that some day I'll understand every facet of it.
This is not my favorite book, but I am very interested in studying it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Suicide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Mental illness, Sexism, and Medical content