Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Mer än en kvinna by Caitlin Moran

8 reviews

noom's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

tlholmes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Some chapters were a three, but most were a five. She’s so relatable!

the chapters about her daughters eating disorder in particular were just amazing, so perfectly and thoughtfully written. Absolutely they will help people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit and Sexual content

mrslsmith's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

charcole1009's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

introvertbookshelf's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Self harm

amyrandles1's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Mental illness

helendipietro's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

I have heard Caitlin Moran speak online many times about feminism and her view on the world; I was in awe of her wit, humour and confidence. She seemed like someone I would love to sit and put the world to rights with over a glass of wine and so I couldn’t wait to read some of her writing. I got myself a second-hand copy of ‘More Than a Woman’, read it super-fast and was not disappointed! 

Brimming with raw life experiences, Moran’s witty and wholesome narration touches on the life of a middle-aged, white, western, cis woman and covers topics from Botox, married sex, gender, the patriarchy, to helping her daughter cope with an eating disorder. 

I am not yet middle-aged but I could relate to many parts of the book plus it made me empathise more with the older women in my life. What I love about Moran is that she is not afraid to be crass, in your face and admit to not knowing everything – she makes mistakes and talks about them. Plus she really does have a way with words: 

“Women slagging off other women for perceived physical imperfections is like farting in a spaceship: everyone on board suffers.” 

“Beauty is a tax we pay, in a system we have no vote in.” 

This is a brilliantly life affirming book that is hilarious, touching but sad in parts. I highly recommend people to read - I’ve passed it onto my Mum already! It would be great if more men read this book to gauge what 24 hours in the life of a middle aged woman is really like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Body shaming, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Dementia and Toxic relationship

tabitha_isabelle's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide attempt