Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

17 reviews

aloe_v's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Binge read most of it, super immersive, really great writing, quite explicit at times though, including when a man is sexually assaulted and it is treated like a normal thing to have happened and he is kind of just shamed for it for a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual content

jneverland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, Medical content, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death of parent

faerielibrarie's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Mental illness

annmierl's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Death of parent, Ableism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

meowlson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Classism, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Car accident and Infidelity

justaddwater's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Classism, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Alcoholism, and Bullying

samburkhouse's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Violence, Death, Dementia, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Minor: Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Ableism

itsbumley's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

gymjam_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

What amazing storytelling - I was transported right into the life of a US circus in the 1930s!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Minor: Antisemitism

jg34's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was slow for awhile but once it started getting interesting it was very interesting! I loved loved the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Dementia, and Death

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Vomit, Xenophobia, Medical content, Death of parent, and Sexual content

Certainly some violence and injuries described in some detail. This is about a circus so some animal cruelty should be expected