Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

12 reviews

balconyblackbird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

avasbookmark's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Death, and Abandonment

mrlsdevos's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Addiction, Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide

iicydiamonds's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, and Death of parent

theotheleo's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

definitely poetic and interesting. not as good as Station Eleven tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Drug abuse

Moderate: Confinement and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Medical content, and Death

readingwithkelsey's review against another edition

4.0

 I am so surprised with how much I enjoyed this. Primarily, Mandel's writing is phenomenal - which I had already known having read Station Eleven but I found it to be a bit more impactful in this one. Perhaps it is due to the more melancholy feel of the atmosphere, but her prose really shined. Readers are pulled back and forth over the course of 20 years, and while it can seem confusing at first, once you start to put the pieces together, the novel really comes together. There is a lot of discussions on loss, grief and opportunity and I feel like Mendel did a great job at demonstrating how each character experiences these things at different opportunities. The novel does have an underlying "mystery" and, while the "why" of it is explained at the end (which made me gasp), the characters' reactions to this event are kind of up to the readers interpretation. For me, the main theme of the novel touches on mental health and depression in particular (which is why Mendel's melancholic writing bodes well) and how it affects these really grandiose characters. The novel sets out to connect you with these complicated characters, so fair warning for plot driven readers. Even though the ponzi scheme forefront plot is interesting in and of itself, it is really the time spent with the characters that I enjoyed the most. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Drug abuse

painausten314's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Terminal illness

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

emily writes in this really unique way that makes for such an interesting read. she interwinnes all these different stories/characters in such a seamless way. i really liked the plot, i have never read anything about a ponzi scheme. 


my only real issue was the incorrect use of mental illness - you don't OCD if you want to film in 5 minute increments...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Drug use

alexhaydon's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Death of parent

sarahndipity's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Mental illness, and Death of parent