Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Chlorine by Jade Song

8 reviews

frogggirl2's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

I love the main character, the writing, the queer perspectives, and the examination of female friendship that goes beyond friendship.  I'm always a fan of people who are fish, or think they are fish or merpeople who want to be human, or merpeople onland, or anything similar.  What I had a little trouble with is the idea that she's a mentally ill girl, and she's going to have permanent disability. I don't think that's what I'm supposed to take away from this or that I'm even necessarily right about the conclusion of the book.  

From a storytelling perspective, the friend/girlfriend's letters detracted from the depth of the story and its momentum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexism

charliepeculiar's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, and Body horror

pryingblackbird's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Bullying

b_fruits's review against another edition

4.75

Fun fun fun. Wild that it is not recommended more in the unhinged-girlhood canon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

raptorq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, and Body shaming

aileron's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Dysphoria, Gore, Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Bullying, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Racism, and Vomit

bluedilly's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Gore

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Addiction, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Death, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

tcheschire's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The first 75% and the last 25% of this book reads like two entirely separate stories. Where the first three quarters is dreamy and tense, building up to an inevitable conclusion and providing us with some genuine and sometimes raw emotions, the final quarter feels like a Coen brothers movie. It’s inane and mundane adherence to its own out-there premise but discussed in a way that makes it ordinary and even boring. My suspension of disbelief broke hard. It’s not a long book, but it would have been better served not having the final quarter at all, rather than the author just filling it out by rote to tack an ending on it. If I could rate the two sections separately, I’d give the first 75% 4.5/5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail