Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

12 reviews

jisse's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Racism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Confinement, Medical trauma, Addiction, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide, Abortion, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

gbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Medical content, Physical abuse, Drug use, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide

anita1812's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Abortion, and Mental illness

peteredout's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Classism, Ableism, Racism, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Colonisation, Child abuse, Body horror, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

arlaubscher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Blood, Colonisation, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Infertility, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

lottiegasp's review against another edition

challenging hopeful sad slow-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

3.75

This novel depicts a utopian, communist future that has overcome racial and gender inequality, alongside the dystopian present day. I liked the writing style and the way the utopian future was depicted. As a whole the plot was quite slow as there was a lot of world-building

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, War, and Miscarriage

mar's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: Suicide, Police brutality, and Racial slurs

aeonidon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: War, Suicide, Pregnancy, Murder, Police brutality, Child abuse, and Blood

amandabcook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Death

Forced separation of parent and child

mskipsey's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abortion, Homophobia, and Drug abuse