Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer

25 reviews

vmpalauf's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Read it for the Soon You'll Get Better prompt in the Taylor Swift Reading Challenge: Lover edition - (Valeria's Version).

I've read it twice, it's sad, lovely, and so inspiring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Alcohol

marit_1305's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Self harm

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

barb_oko's review

emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I've read this a while ago and I remember it being so raw and sensible. I really like the writing style and all the editorial choices of leaving it very personal to the main character with his little drawings and thoughts and repetitive words or annotations. 
I also really liked the mental health aspect and how he started already saying what happened to his brother, but we, as readers, slowly learn how it happened and how that changed everything. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

vilde_a's review against another edition

emotional reflective

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

4.0

A great book! Took a bit to get used to skipping between time lines, but very effective way to tell the story. If you’re working with mental health I would definitely recommend reading it!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death and Grief

_remi__'s review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, and Death

tw1ceasmanystars's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i read the first half of this book in one sitting, not able to put it down. it was hard to get in that flow again, but that could just be me.. i thought it was so interesting how you were really sucked up into the mind of matthew, and the choice to put the biggest event on the first few pages but then not explain it until a lot of pages further was very bold, though in my opinion it worked out great: i found this book quite the page-turner. the huge grief was portrayed beautifully, not only in matthew, but in all the characters. the mom was one of the most interesting characters of the book, in my opinion. the mix of timelines made this book chaotic in a good way - it correlated with the way matthew’s brain works - but at times it could get a little bit too confusing. definitely a book i’d read again, also for that reason: it’d be way easier to understand (though that takes a bit of the experience away)

4 out of five stars, would recommend

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

idasusanne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

irinalast's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

One of the first books I’ve read in a long time; reminded me why I loved reading. Nathan Filer wrote this with the main character as the author, allowing the reader to experience what his mind does. Memories are told out of order, sometimes they come back unexpectedly, and he often gets distracted to explaining something around him. I think this was a great way of allowing us to build the full story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

sprucy2427's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis