Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura

14 reviews

biobeetle's review

challenging dark tense 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

pkatrinaanne's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Bullying, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

marukatie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Despite reading other reviews, I found My Annihilation to be an extremely interesting written noir. I enjoyed how everything came together as you got further into the book and picked up on earlier themes which help you realize the different perspectives and how perverse the main character is. You get a semi-deep dive into a person psychology and they try to psychoanalysis themselves, and have you as the reader, rethinking everything you have just read, but you soon realize that is the whole point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, and Emotional abuse

caseyreadslol's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

you know when you're writing an essay last minute so you're winging it without much of a central arguement point but in your post pocrastination delirium you think every minute connection sounds smart. however each passing paragraph becomes a game of telephone with different texts from class you've worked in obscurifying the original assignment prompt. these very texts you scramble to in order to plea to the overworked ta grading that yes you did do the readings and have something so profound to say become all the more proof there was no connection past cursorary glances.

according to mayoclinic, delirium is a serious change in mental abilities. it results in confused thinking and

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide and Incest

erinbirnel's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, Death, and Domestic abuse

zenzi2read's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Mental illness, and Incest

kibernick's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The first third of the book gripped me. The rest was a little messy. Maybe that’s the point. Very transgressive but I didn’t feel it was impactful or added much to the story, guess it’s because when you throw so much at the reader at once, they become desensitized.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Addiction, Vomit, Self harm, Medical content, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, and Child abuse

ladawson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual harassment, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Addiction, Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

woelkchen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness