Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

97 reviews

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

This is ultimately one of my favorite horror stories.

We get an unreliable narrator, suffering from postpartum depression and really just being punished for it. Her husband/physician doesn’t actually believe anything is wrong with her yet isn’t allowing her to do anything besides stay in this decaying room, including anything as simple express herself in writing. She immediately convinces herself that the room is a nursery but it’s more likely that it was used to house/imprison an insane person.  She has no escape or outlet besides staring at this funky wallpaper. Of course it’s going to start warping and her mind will play tricks on her. It’s almost funny that he’s so shocked in the end that he faints. What did he expect?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Confinement

tocattaandfugue's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Ableism, and Misogyny

danimacuk's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Confinement and Misogyny

phlegyas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

5/5

This is one of those reads that entirely get ahold of your attention, your psyche even, and force you into a deep esoteric burrow, fumbling on your way to some sort of escape or release. It is not an easy read. Not in the sense of language or the way it was written. The language and the control of the language are both fine. It is, however, a very hard read because of the topics and the allegories. Without wanting to give away much, the fact alone that it was written by a woman before 1900 and it deals with matters that may still be societal and medical taboo (at least in some places), is nothing short of exceptional; ground breaking, thought provoking, horizon expanding.

5/5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

jesse_jellyfish's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

That ending was phenomenal.

The spoiler below is just one of my personal interpretations of the ending. 

I think after she began ripping off wallpaper she found an old hook or beam of sorts and hung herself using the rope she mentioned having. I think after she died she became the woman in the wallpaper (or she became another woman in the wallpaper) which is why it talks about creeping around at the end. So I believe the reason her husband fainted is because he saw her dead body after she committed suicide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement

Minor: Emotional abuse

binreads's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Definitely a great book to analyze and research afterwards. The more I think about it, the more I want to re read it now that I know the exact context. Extremely disturbing and sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

amusinglyuseless's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Properly eerie without being too overly scary for people who are interested in dipping their toes in horror without going all the way in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Sexism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Gaslighting

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A beautifully writen tragic story about mental health and sexism. Learning that it was written about the author's own experience made it more powerful. 

I think I was expecting something more intense/ dramatic to happen at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide

c457963's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I first read this book in 2021. Since then I have read it numerous times. I find myself picking this book up over and over again. 

Its funny how such a short book can be so so powerful. The yellow wallpaper tells the story of a young womans decent into phycosis and the 'treatment' she recieved based on her husbands wishes. 

It is a truly amazing story and one that I will continue to love for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Mental illness