Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

21 reviews

msawyer77's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, and Racial slurs

mikem1806's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

sashpointah's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This ping-pongs from being so prescient and representative and understanding of the human condition and the systems of oppression it's constructed to being outright transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, and devolving into racial stereotypes. Severe whiplash but generally well-meaning, and a potential queer interpretation save this one. If you can get past the ugliest bits there's some pretty powerful philosophy to take away from it, it just would be far better if it weren't about race at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Rape, Racism, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Blood, Classism, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia

asmallsnail's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There was a lot that I agreed with and a lot which I did not. I am glad Vonnegut found meaning through writing this book. He did not die by

suicide

, so I must assume that what he discovered stuck with him. I probably won't ever read this book again, which I can't say of some of Vonnegut's other novels. I don't think I have ever read a book that was so skillfully written, with a clear message.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

And so on.

slugmilk's review

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Rape and Homophobia

lily1304's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence and War

Minor: Rape

charlottejones952's review

dark funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Suicide, and Violence

emilymdxn's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Mental illness

ninetytimesnine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Sexism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

abbyomlor's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Suicide, Rape, Racism, and Racial slurs