Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Des souris et des hommes by John Steinbeck

70 reviews

kearneth's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.0

I do understand why some people would love this (I guess), I truly hated the experience of reading this novel. I found the characters to feel performative and hollow, and I truly was not able to get anything beneficial out of reading this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

maggiefae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lizkocher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Grief

eq_isi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This was for sure interesting at the end but most of it happened at the end. Basically lennie forgets things and he accidentally hurts people, that’s like the first 70 pages. After that it gets better though. Since it was written a long time ago and during the Great Depression, it does use words that we have now deemed as racial slurs and hateful language. Also the poor dog dies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

the_ash37's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense 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

3.5

the ending is kind of disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

cactuspunk's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, and Mental illness

marenm's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

s1dn37's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence

thelilgriffin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.25

Classical novel. It was rather boring to me although it is thought intriguing and sad. I just knew what was coming. Very short though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Murder

esalan's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism