Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg

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littleseal's review

After reading another Dear America book, this one is pretty boring in comparison. There was definitely a funny moment or two, a number of tragedies, and some interesting historical context but they overall felt lackluster. Especially because as other reviewers said, some of the historical context is inaccurate. Like it's "nice" her slaves were "treated well" but it felt icky reading. Maybe that's the point.

Also, pretty sure Rachel (the cousin) was gay. All her talk of not wanting to get married, being disinterested in boys... I'm telling you, she was a lesbian.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicide