Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

72 reviews

rodeorevellers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Trafficking, Vomit, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

unti8509's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Physical abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Medical content, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

So I'll start with the little I liked, the theme that life can deal you a motherfucker but the ppl who care about you can make it better. I think Jude's life would have been much much shorter if he hadn't had the ppl in his life he did. However this book was straight up trauma porn. It says it's about 4 friends but Malcolm's POV disappears immediately bc his life is too trauma free and everyone else you get the POV is just for the bad things that happen to them, I'm not going to list them but none of these characters feel fleshed out or real because of this. The book just feels extremely voyueristic in it's depictions, the good times characters have are mentioned in passing and instead you get gratuitous CSA, abuse, and self harm

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Ableism, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Racial slurs and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

colie923's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Trafficking, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

fairyribs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

isaac_salle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Death, Dementia, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Trafficking, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Toxic friendship

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Car accident, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Eating disorder

Minor: Racial slurs

edria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, Self harm, Rape, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Vomit, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Blood

rebeccaquinton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Addiction, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child death, Gaslighting, Blood, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Violence

rhianbailey's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Gore, Car accident, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, and Suicide attempt