Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Le Bal des folles by Victoria Mas

107 reviews

forgottenangstycharacter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

gemstixs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

whew. this one unsettles you. it’s very very good. there are some things i think could’ve been handled better, but overall it was very powerful and very interesting. the structure of the book is very engaging, and each character is interesting. there were some places where the prose was clunky and awkward but im chalking that up to translation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Rape

lauramparis's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

imkaytie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Drug abuse, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

ellaisntreading's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Pedophilia

Minor: Murder

thesehauntedshelves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Misogyny, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

coline_07's review

dark emotional informative fast-paced

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

5.0

I really loved this book. Each caracter is very diffrent in personnality and in backgroung which alouses us to have a very complete view of the hospital. I learned a lot of things and will surely remember this book for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, and Sexism

raichou's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Right at the beginning I have to say: 
This book might not be for everyone and contains things that might be triggering! 
Please read the content warnings! 

Personally I really liked this book. It depicts the way mental illness and women who wanted to speak for themselves were treated back in the day. 

I'm so glad it is different now, but it was very interesting to read about it. 

I think fans of American Horror Story: Asylum might like this book as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Self harm and Mental illness

rhia_a's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Ableism, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

tomcolter97's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Really good social commentary on the role of women in Paris during the 1800s and also how mental illness and the "undiserable" was seen in those times. I did not like some of the aspects of the book as I found it unbelievable but other parts were brilliant. However, trigger warnings are needed for this book as thier are graphic depictions of self harm and sexual assault. Overall enjoyable read if not abit unrealistic in its narrative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm