Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

64 reviews

garbagebarge69's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Misogyny, Racism, and Death

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

wilde_read's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Still a classic. I'm delving into Steinbeck this season to compare his various works. This one is a great character study. I'd really like to see it performed on stage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Animal death

jupen's review

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

amselot's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic friendship

praevalesco's review

2.0

The premise was alright, but the execution was lacking to say the least. Taking a sad concept and writing it with the most surface level, stereotypical characters really ruins any potential the story could've had; the mentally impaired character was written as a stupid brute and the "caregiver" was written as dispassionate and irritated with the stupid brute's shortcomings. Let's not forget the unnecessary racism that added nothing to the story except telling what time it was written.
Good concept, terrible story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Racial slurs

geesammy's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Vivid character portrait.  Normally I don’t enjoy overly descriptive scenes with little plot but it worked well in this shorter format 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Ableism, Misogyny, Animal death, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

dsizemore96's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

An absolute masterpiece. Gets better every time I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Racism, Gun violence, Death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Violence, Dementia, Ableism, Blood, Mental illness, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

bribree's review

adventurous emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

emmajh91's review

sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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