Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

11 reviews

dstone6298's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

daughterofthekingofkings's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

jdromsky's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

I agree with the praise on the front cover of my copy that this book “is essential reading for this moment in American history.” Hillbilly Elegy was incredibly informative but lovingly so: author JD Vance just wants to tell his story and explain how his life has led him to draw certain conclusions about the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death, and Toxic relationship

iamahmedkhalifa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Child abuse, Drug use, and Drug abuse

isleoflinds's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexism, Physical abuse, Ableism, Addiction, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Misogyny

angelasosh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

I didn’t know who J.D. Vance was before I started this book and had I known, I would’ve been more hesitant to listen to it. I listened to this as an audiobook and don’t think I would’ve been able to read a physical copy of it as I don’t believe the writing was all that fantastic. As a memoir of his childhood, the book is fine. But I personally felt his analysis of a culture in crisis was lacking; it felt kind of vague to me and i don’t feel he addressed the core of why some Appalachian families struggle the way they do. He analyzed his specific family but missed the mark on the culture as a whole. I won’t argue that his childhood wasn’t difficult, but I do feel he failed to acknowledge some of the privileges that did work to his advantage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Bullying

lngoldstein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Mental illness

sophiejohn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

judereadsalot's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

charlotte03's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

3.0

His view on the influence of race in society is very one dimensional, and seems to miss the point that  being white was one of the few privileges he had growing up and not that  white male privilege discards hardships. However, his experience does highlight the inaccessibility to the valued cultural and social capital in society.
This should be seen as biography and not a sociological text. However, it would good to read alongside, and in addition to, sociological and political  based books focusing on class and intersectionality. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Violence