Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

8 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.75

My only issue was I didn’t like how anarchism was portrayed. I thought it was fantastic overall, though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, War, Classism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Addiction, and Colonisation

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Death, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Slavery, Violence, Abortion, Homophobia, Genocide, Animal death, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and War

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Drug use, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Addiction, Abandonment, Colonisation, Gun violence, Classism, Death of parent, Infertility, and Mental illness

katharina90's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

The audiobook was a great choice. Having this story read to me by Puerto Rican narrators added so much to the experience. 

At its core I think this is a story about living with and healing from various traumatic experiences. The author weaves so many important topics into this novel but still manages to keep it fairly light and entertaining. 

The characters are 3-dimensional and complex familial and romantic relationships are portrayed well. Somehow I still wasn't super invested though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Colonisation, Abandonment, Classism, Death of parent, and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Abortion

mmulvaney's review

I read nearly three times as far as I usually would because this was a book club pick, and I want to try and read the book for discussion. However, this book, while it was well written, had issues with organization. I wished that we could have gotten more information about the history of PR sooner. Actually, that part of the story felt kinda thrown in as an afterthought. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexism, Homophobia, Addiction, Mental illness, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Abandonment

marthaiselin's review

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Grief, Racism, Colonisation, Suicide, Sexism, Rape, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Infertility, and Alcoholism

ro_22's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

Character driven and well-paced! Really enjoyed this read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

jularcido's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Homophobia, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, War, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Colonisation, and Addiction

mymosstx's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion and Infertility