Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

38 reviews

thisisntfarmlife's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Incest, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

chloe_green090's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Rape

Minor: Addiction

haileyeh's review

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

lindsii's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I picked this book up thinking it would only be about the family’s experience of schizophrenia and the influences to research. Realistically, it ended up feeling more like a book about family trauma. I wish there had been more influence from the brothers in the book who had schizophrenia, but the main sources were the sisters who did not have schizophrenia. The chapters about the research and pharmaceutical companies were some of the best chapters in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Incest, and Pedophilia

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Drug use

missmichalalynn's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This book was very interesting and heartbreaking at the same time. The prose was written to feel almost like a fictional story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Self harm, Pedophilia, Drug use, Death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

ajpb's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Drug use, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Mental illness

pipbiz's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia

samarakroeger's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

kind of a wild ride. not the best narrative nonfiction I have ever read (it drags a bit in parts), but a very engaging and horrific subject. I still don’t feel like I understand schizophrenia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

ejanep's review

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, Pedophilia, Gun violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ginac's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

I don't generally go toward nonfiction books but this one read like a novel. Although it centers around a serious medical condition, it's also just a story about this family. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Medical content

Minor: Rape