Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee

19 reviews

crystalmethany's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexism, Infidelity, and Cursing

Moderate: Animal death and Addiction

Minor: Medical content and Mental illness

swestlake's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Addiction, and Mental illness

samchase112's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

Every happy teenage girl is the same, while every unhappy teenage girl is miserable in her own special way.

This was a solid read. If you're not familiar, this book is a retelling of Anna Karenina (the classic Russian epic) which takes place in the rich upper society of New York. And when I say retelling, I mean pretty much to the T. The plot is followed fairly religiously, the characters are just as unbearably terrible (but in a good way?), and very similar questions are explored. Seriously, the lifestyle these characters lead is pretty terrible to read about, because yes, their lives are insane and filled with extreme expectations and extreme downfalls, but at the same time every single one of them (besides Dustin/Levin and Kitty, the real mvps) takes their life and wealth for granted. I will say that I enjoyed Anna more here than in the original, probably because she was a teenager and thus more forgiven for her mistakes than, say, a grown woman with children who she neglects for a young hot Vronsky. There were some great twists to the story, especially at the end, and everything tied together well. When I think back to Anna Karenina, however, I will remember my experience with the original and likely forget about this (well done, perfectly fine) retelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexism, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Grief, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Car accident, and Bullying

Minor: Antisemitism and Adult/minor relationship

internationalreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

leekaufman's review

funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Death, Child death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, and Self harm

hansbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

bailleyleppert's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Death, and Addiction

clutzycaro's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Such a surprise, but this ended up being so good. There were some -intense- sex scenes. As true to the original I loved Kitty. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Drug use, and Mental illness

isabelburns's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book definitely could have been shorter. Also, had VERY adult themes for being supposedly about teenagers? I don't know maybe NYC/CT are just built differently. Didn't love the characters, but good overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts