Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Más allá de mi reino by Yaa Gyasi

402 reviews

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide attempt

samw0327's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, and Grief

eloiseatthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

Love Yaa Gyasi's writing. I enjoyed the way this book layered past and present so seemlessly. Beautiful and heart breaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism

coballe's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicide attempt

mdavis26's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

loxeletters's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad

• 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: Mental illness, Racism, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death and Suicide

wisewise's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

orezevida's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

Transcendent Kingdom is a heart wrenching and reflective exploration into themes of addiction, mental health and religion. Gifty’s journey with Christianity and subsequent deconstruction journey was extremely relatable and I loved how the nuance with which it was explored. Gyaasi’s writing is poetic without being overly flowery, and her ability to make me connect and feel each character’s emotions is masterful. And excellent read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, and Grief

indranna's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

inesiragui's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Loved this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Mental illness