Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

66 reviews

rileyyy02's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Lady is told she is psycho, becomes psycho. I have always loved this story. Very relatable.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

izzyreading's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I loved this it's very interesting within itself but even more so when you consider the various metaphors and analogies it can communicate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Gaslighting

cat12345's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Ableism, Confinement, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Minor: Misogyny, Death, and Homophobia

bookwormcat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Confinement

celevstial's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

they see me creepin, they hatin

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

jesse_jellyfish's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

That ending was phenomenal.

The spoiler below is just one of my personal interpretations of the ending. 

I think after she began ripping off wallpaper she found an old hook or beam of sorts and hung herself using the rope she mentioned having. I think after she died she became the woman in the wallpaper (or she became another woman in the wallpaper) which is why it talks about creeping around at the end. So I believe the reason her husband fainted is because he saw her dead body after she committed suicide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement

Minor: Emotional abuse

jocauliflower's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

the uncertainty of whether the condition of the room could be the narrator's doing or not kept me on the edge of my seat up until the end. the yellow wallpaper itself likely containing arsenic and speeding along the main characters deterioration hurts my heart so much. truly a testiment to how women's mental health was and often is still treated now.

an absolutely heartbreaking book. beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Misogyny

waywardskyril's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This short is an intense look into a woman's nearly forced descent into madness, and it's done incredibly well, with a husband who ignores everything his wife says, deciding he knows better.

Somehow in fewer than 30 pages it imbues this feeling of dread and stress from the main character's mental illness that only continues to exponentially worsen through the story from her husband's "treatment," even as she begs him for what she knows would actually help if he'd only listen.

It's a dark little tale of warning that's horrifying in its relatability, for it could happen to anyone under the right (or wrong) circumstances. 

Definitely recommend taking the time to read, but only when your own mental health is stable, for there ARE a lot of mentions of anxiety, rampant depression, and eerie imagery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Emotional abuse

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting