Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

5 reviews

jinmichae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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

4.5

I saw the movie first, but I really enjoyed this. The writing was beautiful, and it was interesting to be inside Lib's head from the beginning (in her most insufferable) to where she progresses to at the end.

It was a slow narrative, but I felt it was quite tense: I read it all in one sitting, even knowing the end. Every 8 hour shift you hope that a change will come, and you feel as worn thin as Lib by the time it finally does. Bonus points for the scene at the end with Sister Michael: reminded me of one of my favorite scenes in Les Miserables.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Xenophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail

e_199's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

kaattie's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

maddiebusick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

stellaluna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture