Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Book of Form & Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

98 reviews

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Alcohol, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Incest, Police brutality, Self harm, and Sexual content

funktious's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

Amazing book. Absolutely loved it. I wanted to climb into the pages and give Annabelle a hug. A must read for those who loves books and stories and the potentiality of libraries and blank pages. Although I must now go and apologise to the books on my TBR shelves for leaving them there so long.

A small note of warning for Vocational Awe re librarianship though. As a librarian I feel duty bound to point out that we aren’t all left wing activists, there’s plenty of right wing librarians too that you wouldn’t necessarily know by looking at them and there’s also plenty of curmudgeonly arses in the profession. Like all professions, we contain multitudes. And yes, some of them are amazing bad ass women, but they’d be amazing bad ass women whatever job title they had. And the lack of respect and funding, plus constant attacks from the government / public will eventually break a lot of those women and it won’t be their fault if they stop going above and beyond for their users. Libraries are amazing, librarians are just people, and they both need your support. The end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape

grace_anna's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

daydreamereyes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

willows's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

 That was absolutely bonkers and had very memorable characters. Literally wack, it's been weeks and I still think about it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Racism

librarianlayla's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

If you're looking for a book that has a lot of emotional range, but not overly littered with joy or hope - then this is for you.

Whilst beautifully written, raw and real - there wasn't a lot of light within this book. It holds a lot of pain, confusion and loss.

This book is designed to make you feel and to think on a broader spectrum. Less about enjoyment and more about emotional expansion within the realm of sorrow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Dysphoria, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, Animal death, Cursing, Grief, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Hate crime

cozjetez's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm and Drug abuse

kelreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, and Self harm

clare26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Self harm, and Car accident

Moderate: Body shaming and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Police brutality and Physical abuse

chaya_v's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

I had a hard time getting into this book. I had to accustom myself to the writing style and the characters. But then all of the sudden I was hooked and couldn’t put this down. Benny, his mom, the Aleph they all felt so real and raw. This book was really emotional and makes you think so much. This was really beautiful. This is a strong 5 stars read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Death, Self harm, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Suicide