Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

11 reviews

aj_m's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Fatphobia

lilsneakybandit's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense slow-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

2.5

I read this book at a friend’s request, expecting to hate it. The blurb on the back cover immediately signals that it’s going to be fatphobic. To my surprise, I ended up enjoying it. It’s definitely fatphobic, and the author clearly has no idea what a 250 pound person looks like (he describes her as unable to fit in desks or through car doors, which is ridiculous). However, it’s a really heartfelt view of mental health, and finding hope when life keeps pushing you down in horrible way. I grew to love the main character a lot more than I thought I would, especially given how much she bothered me at the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

asiriarmzl's review

dark emotional reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

samm1470's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Body shaming

nrstevens7's review

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Pregnancy, Infertility, Abortion, and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia and Child death

skyye's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Rape

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, and Death

snoutsiru's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

3.25

CHECK CONTENT WARNINGS BEFORE READING!!! this book is so incredibly sad and so many effed up  things happen it’s unreal. I can’t tell if the commentary in this book is valuable or obnoxious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Outing, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infertility, Homophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Body shaming, Bullying, Abortion, and Ableism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, War, Vomit, Violence, and Toxic friendship

hannah_gingersnap's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

emmareadseverything's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-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

5.0

This is my favorite book of all time. It follows the life journey of Dolores as she navigates trauma, relationships, body image, and growing up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment and Vomit

kchoike's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

3.5

As a mentally ill fat girl, you know I had to pick this book up. It was incredibly dark but a definite page-turner for me. It felt fairly dated in how it handled topics such as gayness, fatness, and race. I wasn't the biggest fan of the ending; I was hoping for a little more catharsis after everything the book put me through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship