Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

All The Things She Said by Daisy Jones

6 reviews

jjjjo's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual content

12dejamoo's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Yeah

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

miniando's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

cosmicsapphic's review

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

samdalefox's review

funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

A capsule history/primer/memoir about wlw (woman-loving-woman) life in the 21st century UK. The book was easy to read with a relaxed, enjoyable style and is well organised - I think you could read the chapters out of order and not miss out. Although it uses queer terminology throughout, the terms are explained and are very accessible. I think this would be an excellent introductory reading for cis het people looking to learn about lesbian and bisexual women. I turned down several pages where I thought I could show this to my mum, friends, or therapist, to help them better understand certain issues.

Pros - Jones covers queer life comfortably and comprehensively for such a short book. The book's chapters each cover an area of life e.g. clubs, TV, fashion, dating, mental health etc. Though mostly her own experience and quotations of others' anecdotes, Jones presents sources for her claims and also provides . further reading list. She acknowledges her own privileges and highlights intersections of other people who will have different experiences to her. I liked that she included a future looking chapter, the embracing of change, development, and fluidity was lovely to read.

Cons - Because it's written predominantly from the author's experience, the narrative is white, cis, middle class, London focused. Jones also identifies as a lesbian. Athough lesbian and bi wlw experiences and culture do of course overlap, I found the text more focused on lesbian than bi experience. This is not a bad thing at all, just a bit disappointing for me as a bi gal hoping for more bi specific reading. I could relate to some of what Jones said, but that plus the age difference (of only a few years!), not as much as I expected. But that's the point isn't it - everyone's experience of being queer is different. 

This is a solid book and I would recommend. Note: the content warnings I've listed are minor and the author gives clear content warnings at the beginning of the relevant chapter so you can skip it if you want.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Sexual content

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Mental illness, and Sexism