Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

73 reviews

melissacushman's review against another edition

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

5.0

Powerful, amazing read. Simultaneously funny and devastating, informative, entertaining, and horrifying. All the stars, along with all the triggers warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Classism, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Fatphobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Abortion, Colonisation, Car accident, and Medical content

kadtide's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Medical content, Ableism, Blood, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Classism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

Minor: Abortion, Suicide, Bullying, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

ankelsocks's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

TW: mental illness, suicide, physical- mental- sexual- child- abuse, trauma, physical trauma, depression, anxiety, genderdysphoria, lgbtqi+ abuse and more that I can't think of right now. 

I'm quite blown away by this book. The biggest chunk of it reads(listens) like an autobiography, detailing Hannah's life as a child in a tiny Tasmanian town to where she gains traction as a comedic artist. The last half is a detailed description of how she sculpted Nanette out of her trauma's. Red threads through the story are Hannah's autism, her relationship with her mother, her sexual- and gender identity and her (in)ability to interact with the world around her. The first half has its slow parts, but is generally really helping to gain insight in what made Hannah Gadsby who she is. She is witty, self -deprecating, but also critical and angry, especially when she mentions the political tensions surrounding homosexuality in Australia during her growing up. I listened to the audiobook, which I'd generally really recommend, since it's read by Hannah herself, telling you her story.
However much I loved this book, it was also incredibly triggering. Perhaps it was the added layer of hearing Hannah Gadsby read/tell the book herself, but the book is full to the brim with heavy topics. Suffering from mental illness myself, this book triggered anxiety attacks in me. I often listened to while cycling, and sometimes had to stop because the book made me too anxious or sad. 
If you can find a way to deal with that though, please read(or better: listen to) this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

ce_read's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Cancer, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Suicide, Abortion, Mass/school shootings, and Dysphoria

paulap's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

She is able to tell her very hard struggles, traumas and stories with a warm, funny matter of fact tone that made this an amazing read. She is great.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

nibs's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

I really liked it. Gadsby is a great storyteller. She has a mastery of it from her comedy. Her humour comes through and made me laugh out loud often. 
I felt it ended

a bit abruptly at the Nanette performance, but I also get that a lot of the focus around the latter part of the book (and the marketing draw of itself, though in the acknowledgements it mentions the book was in the works pre-Nanette) is around Nanette.

 
She conveys her emotion and messiness so well, as well as the reality of mental illness. I also really respect her for setting boundaries as to how much trauma she's going to communicate. It also makes me want to rewatch Nanette. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Drug use, and Gun violence

lou_o_donnell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Cancer, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide

tatiana_luz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

I love Gadsby's comedy and how incredibly raw and honest it gets at times. I also love her storytelling format and voice. So, naturally, I listened to the audio book version (which she reads; 14 hrs.)

It's linear and it isn't--clear but unclear, then revealing and private. It is the story of someone who knows the story she needs to tell, for her own sake. Fans are simply lucky to learn about her journey, to find solace and strength with laughter and trivia along the way.

Her story is tied to the history she shares. In the same way, readers and listeners are tied to her story and history itself. This book is an experience in laughter and pain and everything else. It is Nanette.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use and Abortion

thespinystacks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Ableism, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Rape, Pedophilia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Hate crime

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Homophobia, Cancer, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcohol, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Cursing, Excrement, Medical trauma, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Animal death, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Biphobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Abortion, Grief, Gun violence, and War