Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Canciones desde la Osa Mayor by Emma Brodie

6 reviews

jennastopreading's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

audreyryan11's review against another edition

emotional relaxing fast-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? Yes

4.75

I loved this book a lot. 100x better than Daisy Jones but has a similar 60s-70s rock n roll vibe that I love. I took .25 off because I hated the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Alcohol

jessy_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I enjoyed the experience of reading this book a lot, but I believe the author has more growing to do in their writing. Important events were not described in action but only after the fact, and some events were vague and only became clear later. This made the themes not come across as clearly as they could have. That is a shame, as I really liked the message this book wanted to bring across, about women in music and how much a womans reputation depends on her relationship, as well as dealing with mental health, describing schizophrenia and addiction. On top of that a healthy dose of music that i could feel vibrating through the pages, and this book came alive before my eyes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Misogyny, and Abandonment

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Car accident and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sundayray's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

arcookson's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexism

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

There is one graphic scene depicting the reversal of a drug overdose, including medicinal injections and the use of a stomach pump. Discussion of delusions as a result of schizophrenia. Several scenes take place in a mental health facility, where prescription pills are given. Period-typical scenes of smoking.