Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

My Annihilation by Fuminori Nakamura

8 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

cateycat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

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

annagerman's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

This was such an intensly weird experience.
It was really confusing for the first third, but I actually enjoyed the mystery and speculation. I think the reveal itself was good, but the way it was done felt underwhelming. 
I saw a review calling it a tilt-a-whirl manned by a lazy sadist, and there's definitely truth in that.
I don't mind the detached writing style, it fit well with the themes of the book, but I definitely think that this book could benefit from a more "traditionally" structure narrative, with some in-depth character exploration.
However I'm really intrigued by the author and surely will read more of their books in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual violence

nany007's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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: Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual 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

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

raychelbennet's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual assault, Confinement, and Drug use