Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Crying Book by Heather Christle

15 reviews

booksandteacups's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Self harm

evagallud's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

Me gustan los libros fragmentarios y este no puede serlo más. Una investigación sobre las lágrimas, el llanto y decenas de temas adyacentes y curiosidades varias. Muchas cosas me dejaron impasible, pero encontré algunos destellos.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

I wanted to get into it but found it very repetitive due to the nature of the theme.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Death

aliensmileyface's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

itsbumley's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abortion, Death, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Violence

twilightfan420's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

I love the way this book is structured. The way Heather Christle wraps personal experience, sociological study, and biological truths into one cohesive book is intensely impressive and a pleasure to read. Even the most scientific of medical writing was easily digestible through this format and I loved how the author’s story weaved throughout.

Toward the end of the novel, Christle writes about the idea of ideas “going together” or being associated. It’s an idea I’ll certainly be revisiting and interrogating other norms because of. Plus, it was a perfect metaphor for the unconventional structure of the book.

Overall, The Crying Book offers a view into grief and pain in a way that I haven’t seen before.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Grief

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Abortion

liagatha's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

georgiawye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Very much in the style of Maggie Nelson's Bluets - a sort of collection of thoughts about a topic that sort of winds through the author's experience. I actually liked this a bit more than Nelson's work, it made more sense to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death

maggiekateb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, and Mental illness