Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah Brown

6 reviews

laurenexploresbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

I found this work to be relatable and vulnerable filled with stories involving a wide range of topics including love, friendship, disability, family, depression,  suicidal thoughts, popular media, and telling your story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism

lbelow's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

This is an engaging set of essays from an author that makes me wish she gets every opportunity she dreams of—that place in the writer's room of a TV show, romantic love...to be honest, after reading this book, I feel like she deserves a starring role in a romantic comedy like the ones she loves to watch. Keah Brown is so relatable, funny, honest, humble. This essay collection, spanning topics ranging from music and movies to internalized ableism and suicidal ideation, is a treat. Read it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, and Racism

internationalreads's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Death, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

subdue_provide75's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

zombiezami's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

A lot of this was social justice and disability justice 101. The essays were ok, but I think I would have liked them more if I were younger. I appreciate the work that went into this book and the messages within it, however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

jojo_'s review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Fatphobia