Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Chronology of Water: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, Lidia Yuknavitch

6 reviews

noel_k's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Abortion, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

designy808's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i read this for class, and it legitimately had me rethinking every single book i have given five stars because i think this is now the only one. 

yuknavitch's memoir was unpredictable, traumatic, and reflective, all while being heartbreakingly poetic. 

i have no words. she made us feel her emotions. the graphic descriptions of her experiences, and the ways in which she self sabotaged as a result of her childhood trauma was surreal.

read this book, but please PLEASE be careful. it is very heavy and personally, i found it a little triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Grief, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt and Cultural appropriation

antidietleah's review

challenging dark funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

urastrologygf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Cancer

edamamebean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Outing, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Incest, Grief, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Car accident, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Abortion

arsenic_'s review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, and Mental illness