Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim

34 reviews

ritapena's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol

angelajasz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Child abuse

gracelang_09's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

cathy_acasefullofbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Heartbreaking yet hopeful. 

My heart definitely broke for Anna and her siblings as they struggled with trying to function normally while dealing with their mother's mental struggles and a father who is barely around. But they way everyone deals with it and, eventually, come to find a beginning to a solution provides so much understanding and hope that was so beautiful.

CW: racism, discussion of suicide/attempted suicide recounted, mental health issues leading to institutionalization, emotional/physical abuse, bullying, animal cruelty 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review

emotional funny informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

ivulikkivulik's review against another edition

challenging

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt

liliana_b's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

Good read. Pretty heavy themes. Suitable 14+ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

shutupiamreading's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

This was such a beautiful little book. I truly appreciated how the author wrote about mental illness/psychosis in a very kind and understanding way, emphasising that the mental illness does not define a person and their personality. It was heartbreaking to see the character go through what happened in this book but she did it with so much grace - I just loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child abuse

teatales's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Overall a good read. I don't think I've read a book with a portrayal of parental mental illness like this before. The penultimate ending felt a little too neat (especially the Newtown sharehouse bit) but I think maybe I just need to stop reading YA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Suicide attempt