Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister The Official Companion to the BBC Series by Anne Choma, Sally Wainwright

8 reviews

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Sexual harassment, and Classism

meecespieces's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Mental illness

bailey_the_bookworm's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

So many Ann/es (and not always referring to the right one—whoops)! But what a fascinating dive into the archival record of a woman who was both ahead of and very much a product of her time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

calliejacob's review against another edition

informative fast-paced

5.0

Pleasantly surprised by how accurate the TV series turns out to have portrayed the real Anne Lister. By focusing on the part of Anne’s life that the first season portrays, this is a wonderful introduction to the real Anne before continuing with other biographies that tell more about the parts of her life that weren’t portrayed on screen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

lastsilversunset's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism

battybookworm's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Fun little peak into Anne Lister’s life. Doesn’t add much beyond the narrative of the show. It was nice to see quotes from the diaries to appreciate Lister’s voice and eccentricities. Also complicates her narrative with politics, which I think is something good to know rather than to gloss over,

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Death and Religious bigotry

There are sections that discuss political/scientific views of the time that are inherently racist. Also some level of non-consent/questionable consent/mental ability to consent that occur between Lister and Walker.

hellothereforeitsalex's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

emmaward55's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

A beautiful blend of original diary entries and the factual account of Anne Lister's life, this is a perfect introduction to the lesbian icon of early 1800's Britain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Re: Rape

Anne finds out that someone was pressured into sex, but this is mentioned very briefly and only the once. There are no consequences of this information coming to light.

Re: Excrement

Anne often records her bowel movements and sometimes mentions them if they're relevant to a medical diagnosis.