Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma

10 reviews

madalyn_reading's review

4.75

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Lesbophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment

Minor: Death, Hate crime, Grief

cinnaminskies's review against another edition

3.5

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Sexual content

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Sexual harassment, Classism

meecespieces's review

4.0

informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness

bailey_the_bookworm's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

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So many Ann/es (and not always referring to the right one—whoops)! But what a fascinating dive into the archival record of a woman who was both ahead of and very much a product of her time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

calliejacob's review

5.0

informative fast-paced

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Pleasantly surprised by how accurate the TV series turns out to have portrayed the real Anne Lister. By focusing on the part of Anne’s life that the first season portrays, this is a wonderful introduction to the real Anne before continuing with other biographies that tell more about the parts of her life that weren’t portrayed on screen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

lastsilversunset's review

3.0

informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism

battybookworm's review

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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Fun little peak into Anne Lister’s life. Doesn’t add much beyond the narrative of the show. It was nice to see quotes from the diaries to appreciate Lister’s voice and eccentricities. Also complicates her narrative with politics, which I think is something good to know rather than to gloss over,

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content

Minor: Death, Religious bigotry

There are sections that discuss political/scientific views of the time that are inherently racist. Also some level of non-consent/questionable consent/mental ability to consent that occur between Lister and Walker.

hellothereforeitsalex's review

3.5

informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

emmaward55's review

4.75

informative reflective medium-paced

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A beautiful blend of original diary entries and the factual account of Anne Lister's life, this is a perfect introduction to the lesbian icon of early 1800's Britain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Lesbophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcohol

Re: Rape

Anne finds out that someone was pressured into sex, but this is mentioned very briefly and only the once. There are no consequences of this information coming to light.

Re: Excrement

Anne often records her bowel movements and sometimes mentions them if they're relevant to a medical diagnosis.