Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee

19 reviews

crystalmethany's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction and Animal death

Minor: Mental illness and Medical content

swestlake's review

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual content

samchase112's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective slow-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

3.25

Every happy teenage girl is the same, while every unhappy teenage girl is miserable in her own special way.

This was a solid read. If you're not familiar, this book is a retelling of Anna Karenina (the classic Russian epic) which takes place in the rich upper society of New York. And when I say retelling, I mean pretty much to the T. The plot is followed fairly religiously, the characters are just as unbearably terrible (but in a good way?), and very similar questions are explored. Seriously, the lifestyle these characters lead is pretty terrible to read about, because yes, their lives are insane and filled with extreme expectations and extreme downfalls, but at the same time every single one of them (besides Dustin/Levin and Kitty, the real mvps) takes their life and wealth for granted. I will say that I enjoyed Anna more here than in the original, probably because she was a teenager and thus more forgiven for her mistakes than, say, a grown woman with children who she neglects for a young hot Vronsky. There were some great twists to the story, especially at the end, and everything tied together well. When I think back to Anna Karenina, however, I will remember my experience with the original and likely forget about this (well done, perfectly fine) retelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Antisemitism

internationalreads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Car accident

leekaufman's review against another edition

funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism, Self harm, and Xenophobia

hansbookshelf's review

challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion

bailleyleppert's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief

clutzycaro's review

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Such a surprise, but this ended up being so good. There were some -intense- sex scenes. As true to the original I loved Kitty. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual content

isabelburns's review

emotional slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book definitely could have been shorter. Also, had VERY adult themes for being supposedly about teenagers? I don't know maybe NYC/CT are just built differently. Didn't love the characters, but good overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit