Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Vers les étoiles by Mary Robinette Kowal

16 reviews

tanouska's review against another edition

5.0

Loved this 💜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Suicide attempt

elliethelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, and Antisemitism

astrocate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

Il libro narra di temi importanti in modo scorrevole e simpatico. si parla di patriarcato, di razzismo, di misoginia in un contesto post apocalittico e ucronico. ho apprezzato davvero molto l'idea di rifarsi alla storia reale dell'allunaggio ma cambiando alcuni fattori al fine di portare avanti la narrazione; ho trovato un po' meno azzeccata la linea di trama dell'asteroide, che serve solo come scusa per dare fondi al programma spaziale ma che poi non è sviluppata: si sarebbe potuto trovare un altro sistema, dal momento che oltre a questo risulta del tutto irrilevante per la storia, se non per piccolezze. i personaggi avrebbero potuto essere caratterizzati decisamente meglio. il focus sull'ansia della protagonista è molto buono, ma i secondari sono ridotte a macchiette, senza una vera personalità e relegate alla classe che devono rappresentare (il marito della protagonista, la donna nera, l'ostacolo alla protagonista, eccetera.) Spero comunque di vedere il lavoro che sarà fatto per il prequel.

nimtoaster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

An inspiring journey alongside a very relatable character, following the premise "Welcome to the 1950's, what if Earth was about to become unfit for life and our survival relied on the stars?". An ode to the early days of space exploration and NASA at a time where segregation against black people in the US was going strong and women were kept to the sidelines. Warning for a lot of scenes involving racism and sexism that made me extremely angry - but that was the point of it. Every step taken by the characters is a testimony to their strength, resource and resilience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Mental illness

foreverbookwandering's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Vomit

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Antisemitism and Bullying

aardwyrm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Difficult to read at times because it deals very directly with the double-binds facing women (and making an effort to include all women) in the culture, this is more a work of sociological science fiction than anything else. There's lots of good stuff about rockets and physics! But the alternate history aspects hinge as much on the shock to a culture on the brink of the cold war and the aggressive, history-blind conformity of the fifties suddenly being thrown off that trajectory. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, Mental illness, Ableism, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt