Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut

3 reviews

jesterbrooks's review

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

I think Mark did inherit some of his writing style from his father Kurt, being witty and finding interesting ways to talk about sometimes very dark things. It makes this memoir for me a good read. A mostly literal narrative about his life and struggle with mental illness, every now and then some very profound ideas and passages came out that made me pause and reflect.
It's not particularly challenging, long, or painful to read, so I blew through it in a few days, enjoying 90% of it thoroughly.
Would recommend.
I put Eden Express on my list, will definitely read more of him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide and Alcoholism

polkadots_pints's review

reflective medium-paced

4.0

I expected this book to be more directly about his mental health journey. While there are definitely sections devoted to it, the majority of the book is more generally autobiographical, and much focuses on his journey to becoming a doctor. Mental illness is always an underlying theme (and fear for the author), as it is in life when you have a chronic mental illness, but it is about so much more of his life than I thought it would be. This isn't a negative thing - he's a great writer, his story is very engaging, and it's fun to get a sneak peak into the Vonnegut family from his perspective.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

butlerebecca's review against another edition

funny reflective tense medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Car accident and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent