Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Das weibliche Prinzip by Meg Wolitzer

6 reviews

dreadpiraterudis's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

I found the book a bit boring from the start. I don’t think the presentation of events in the story was engaging. If anything, all of the time jumps made it confusing and increased my apathy towards the characters simply because I couldn’t remember why I was supposed to care about them. The feminist take wasn’t invigorating or heartwarming, and it felt very dated and outmoded even when there were “self aware” bits of narration about white, cis feminism. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Abortion

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Outing, and Sexual content

amyrandles1's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Abortion, Car accident, Drug use, Medical content, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Child death, and Toxic relationship

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Car accident, Medical trauma, Abortion, Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, Cursing, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Child death, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol and Blood

littlefish's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Mental illness, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Abortion and Addiction

kbbongiovanni's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a brilliant read. It really captured the feelings of growing up as a young woman with passion she doesn’t know what to do with. Great characters and amazing storylines. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Mental illness

torishams's review against another edition

slow-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

2.75

It felt like there was no real plot to this book, like things happen but it was just wherever the author felt like taking it. Granted, I went into this book having read some negative reviews (to kind of know what I was getting myself into). I didn’t feel like any of the characters were well-rounded, likable people. The whole book felt like a very long-winded way to get in a couple rants about feminism that weren’t usually further discussed/developed. I didn’t find this book awful to get through, but I wouldn’t really suggest it to someone.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Death, and Mental illness