Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Kind of Magic by Anna Spargo-Ryan

6 reviews

alicesayshi's review

challenging emotional

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Suicide

steph_84's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

liv_congdon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Beautifully written book, I feel grateful to have a window into her world and a better understanding of her particular brand of complex mental illness. Whilst it delays with tough themes, it wasn't really a heavy read (for me) because it's funny at times and hopeful too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

bek_p87's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

I love Anna Spargo-Ryan's novels (and her Tweets), so it is no surprise that I find her memoir fantastic. But love is not quite the right word for this raw, honest, courageous, beautifully written, visceral description of mental illness. It is confronting and at times hard to read - I had to overcome my knee-jerk reaction of "not all doctors" at some of the retellings of terrible interactions with medical practitioners - but I learned things about myself, and perhaps more importantly, about how to better help my patients. Everyone - but particularly GPs, psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health nurses - should read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

fifinlayson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Stalking

jessletman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness