Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa Sheinmel

4 reviews

modernhobbitvibes's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

1.0

Was going to be a two-star rating until the ending, which I hated enough to drop it down a full star. Good writing and I was engaged enough to see where it was going, but the mental health rep felt...not great. Granted, I don't have psychosis, but it felt icky to me, personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

itsnotalakeitsanocean's review against another edition

For some reason I thought the premise of the book was different to the blurb. If I knew it was going to be a boring, confusing ableist snoozefest I wouldn't have picked it up. I ended up looking up spoilers because it was that boring, and I'm glad it saved me from another book where mental illness is demonized as a plot point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Violence and Gaslighting

flordemaga's review

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-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

An incredibly well-written instance of a mystery that is more of a mystery to the protagonist than to the reader, although it is mysterious to the reader, too. I think the unreliable narrator is so good and that it’s written with care and with thrill and it makes me think like it’s a real person telling me her real story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gaslighting

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

Hannah is such a great character to follow - she's smart, opinionated, with a distinct voice and a super interesting inner monologue. I loved spending this book with her so much! I also loved the writing style, this is such a well-written book with many thought-provoking insights. I will say that I did at times feel a bit claustrophobic reading this book, this is definitely not a book to read in one sitting as there is very little dialogue, we are just inside Hannah's head listening to her thoughts most of the time. At times I wanted a bit more of her relationships, especially her relationship with Lightfoot, as I thought the way that that developed was really great. I do also think that due to the nature of this book it got somewhat repetitive (as you're listening to Hannah's thoughts while she's institutionalized and barely talks to anyone). Apart from these small things though, I loved this book and is probably my favorite so far this year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Self harm