454 reviews for:

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Joanne Greenberg

3.8 AVERAGE

thelesserhomer's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

megandeer's review

3.75

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

tpollack's review

3.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

semr4's review

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

ktits's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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“Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and to have compassion.”

hihiheidi's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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

zeynep235667's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

katbeales's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

quills4days's review

4.5

hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Antisemitism, Religious bigotry

yanabananas's review against another edition

5.0

inspiring reflective 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