Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa Sheinmel

27 reviews

bobbeym's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Eating disorder and Injury/Injury detail

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

kaleighmadden's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder

ktreml06's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Overall I enjoyed the story— think “Girl Interrupted” but with a diary component as you get to be inside the main character’s mind. The writing was very eloquent with incredible imagery and all kinds of sensory description without being difficult to read or too lengthy. 

I do wish there was more suspense/thrill throughout the book, as it felt pretty static with no real unexpected plot twist that shocked me. 

Disclaimer: This was my first audiobook, and I think that affected some of the lackluster feelings on my end at the narrator was pretty monotone. But, I tried to keep my review as focused on the story itself rather than my audiobook as I could. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Mental illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Medical content, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

not_a_salem_witch's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Medical content

purpleviolin91's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book was extremely hard to put down! The book contained lots of twists! I am glad I read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

yittani's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Mental illness

tbwhite23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence and Eating disorder

shelbysaldan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

the book is very confusing and sort of hard to get through, it took me a lot longer to read because I was sort of dreading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness