Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Delitto e castigo by Fyodor Dostoevsky

75 reviews

kalimuniz's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious tense slow-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: Yes

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Thought provoking/challenging on the laws of ethics and morals. Our main character commits a murder in order to test a theory about remarkable men who are above society and the legal law. He is driven mad and to his limits when he realizes he has messed up and indeed is not different than any other man, or criminal. He is a human being who at first is delusional to think he is better than everyone else and thinks ahead, but in reality lives in a distorafion of his reality that soon is to collapse on him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting

catie_rose's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment

nereyda's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

deludes's review against another edition

4.75

dark hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt

clarencedeattitude's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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La parte migliore è stata quando Raskol'nikov era malato e rompeva le palle a tutti e Razumichin non capiva cosa avesse. 
Tante parti mi sono sembrate superflue, per esempio tutta la storyline di Svidrigajlov poteva essere eliminata (Dunja l'avrebbe scoperto comunque) ma almeno è stato divertente capire quali loschi piani stesse cercando di attuare. 
Non mi aspettavo una parte così felice e speranzosa come finale, visto il mood di tutta la storia. Però bel libro

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt

lilacwhisker's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mmmmm mice crawling on me dream

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

kdz08's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Incredibly long book, but it's well worth the read! I really loved the deeper look at human psychology and human nature in various characters, not just the main one. I like that there were multiple layers throughout the book, and multiple characters were fleshed out greatly. I loved getting an idea of 1800s Russian society and all the struggles the people had to face (especially women). The author did a phenomenal job at world and character building. Some moments were slow and boring (mostly when there's just talking), but then there were many moments of great intensity that had my heart beating. Keeping track of who was who was a bit hard in the beginning due to the names and large number of characters, but I eventually figured it out. This would have been interesting to read and study in school, but I just read the Sparknotes analysis, and that was helpful and fun to learn. It's definitely worth reading at least once in a lifetime!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

bookybell's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse

christinemomo's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury

schmant138's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident