Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

160 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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Good read if you’re interested in the impacts of schizophrenia. It’s slow moving but each detail proves important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident

gloriazthompson's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lynn_z's review against another edition

4.75

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide

Minor: Cursing

readingwithally's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Murder

amm12345's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

julied's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol

stargirlmolly's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder

chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

3.75

emotional informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

caidyn's review against another edition

4.75

emotional informative medium-paced

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When I picked this book up, I had no clue how compelling it would be. I absolutely couldn't put it down and didn't want to. I read it in less than 24 hours. This is one of those books that's almost too much to be true. Yet it's all entirely true. Six out of ten boys in one family developed schizophrenia, all without there really being a family history of it before them. It's a sad story, but it also shows how times have changed and theories about schizophrenia have morphed over the years. It's an incredibly good book that's woven so well by the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis