Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Zeg niets: Moord en verraad in Noord-Ierland by Patrick Radden Keefe

29 reviews

222abbi's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This book is incredible, it’s a non fiction history book but reads like fiction. It is amazing how it is weaved together key characters from the troubles into a story. It sympathetically told a complicated history in a understanding, entertaining and enlightening way. It is genuinely such an interesting and engaging look at history and present. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Mental illness, Death, Confinement, War, Torture, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Genocide, Excrement, Eating disorder, Blood, Pedophilia, Murder, Death of parent, and Colonisation

travisppe's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Very interesting narrative, almost reads like a novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Deportation, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and War

arrianne's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Colonisation, Death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, and Religious bigotry

plumpatio's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

 A compelling narrative about historical events which I know very little about, I was grateful for the audiobook (read by an Irish narrator, which drew me in). I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys narrative nonfiction with multi-faceted storytelling, but caution that the book is long. I'm not sure I would have finished it so quickly without the audiobook, the only downside of which is the lack of footnotes and images 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Stalking, Eating disorder, Addiction, Suicide, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Murder, Death, and Alcoholism

A significant portion of the book centers around what are now considered war crimes including

force feeding and "disappearing" people (i.e., murdering people and hiding their bodies)

. There are also discriptions of counterintelligence methods utilized during the conflict.

cassimiranda's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Rape, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Trafficking, War, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

laura_keoski's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, War, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Minor: Mental illness, Excrement, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

2.0

Patrick Radden Keefe tar avstamp i bortförandet av 38-åriga änkan Jean McConville i december 1972. Hennes tio barn återstår henne aldrig. Att det var IRA som låg bakom hennes försvinnande var tydligt, men vad hade Jean egentligen gjort? Keefe redogör sedan för stora delar av IRA:s historia och terror, i den mån han kunnat gräva fram uppgifter.

Vi får lära känna flera personer och det är inte lätt att hålla reda på alla, eller vem som är vem. För mig blir systrarna Dolours och Marian Price mest minnesvärda. Deras engagemang i Provisoriska IRA, "provos", beskrivs detaljerat, men även deras liv efteråt. Gerry Adams och Brendan Hughes är två andra huvudpersoner, där Adams ständigt förnekat sin inblandning i IRA. Denna våldsamma konflikt mellan den protestantiska, lojalistiska sidan respektive den katolska, republikanska sidan pågick mestadels under 1960-1990-talen, men har efterverkningar än idag. 

Eftersom det här är en slags reportagebok så har den inget rakt händelseförlopp och många gånger känner jag bara att namn, grupperingar och årtal snurrar runt i mitt huvud. Det finns definitivt intressanta och till och med spännande delar, men för det mesta är jag förvirrad eller bortkollrad. Har lyssnat på den här boken och tror jag hade uppskattat den mer om jag läst den. Det är en bokcirkel-bok, så det ska bli intressant att höra vad de andra tycker om ett par dagar.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcohol

samarakroeger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

a must-read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, War, Gore, Grief, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

foxonabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Medical content, Eating disorder, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, and War

dorakathryn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

The last couple of chapters made me feel a little weird, otherwise this would've been 5 stars. Something about talking about the incredibly precarious situation these tapes put the unknown third individual in and then naming them and not really referencing any permission that was received to do so was uncomfortable to me after such conversations were referenced about other individuals. However, I did listen to the audiobook which did not contain the endnotes present in the physical one, so maybe (I hope) something is said there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Eating disorder, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, War, Death of parent, Sexism, and Violence