Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

In Limbo by Deb JJ Lee

40 reviews

mmarquis1158's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A beautiful and raw story of growing up feeling like you don’t belong. The art was stunning and I felt so connected to the narrator. I think the fact that this was a memoir made it that much more meaningful. I feel like I knew this person. Finishing this novel felt like saying bye to a friend and I read it all in one sitting! That’s how personal it felt. Beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying and Racism

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

I think that only using different shades of blue to tell the story, was an incredible choice. It sets the mood (gloomy, nostalgic, as we reminiscent the life and struggles of the author) but it also shows it's beauty. I shed a few tears with some of the last panels, and could relate a lot to the mental health issues portrayed in the graphic novel. I found myself reflecting in a sad state after finishing it, as I am still recovering from my own experiences too. The other topics discussed here were also poignant and saddening (racism, domestic abuse, self harm, suicide attempts, the weight of other's expectations on us, not feeling like being part of any community, not finding your place in the world, loss of friendships...)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

frenchpants's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Fatphobia and Alcohol

flamesocks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

hoops_literary_library_life's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Bullying

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.75

A memoir that was heavier than I expected. Touches on lots of topics so check trigger/content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

drbex's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

A tough but important story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

thechroniclesofsiania's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness

jackie_marion's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Infidelity

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I thought this was such a beautiful read, mostly because I really loved the illustrations. I loved the way using one colour highlighted the textures and the blue theme matched the melancholy tone of the story perfectly - it's slow paced and it's a very personal coming of age narrative, dealing with some heavy themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming