Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

56 reviews

hawkes's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Ableism, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Sexism

klara_alex_117's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Mental illness, and Sexism

slaywithsteph's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic friendship, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Antiasexualism

maddykes13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Ableism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Child death, and Animal cruelty

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Stalking, Mental illness, Misogyny, Ableism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcohol

soniaiscool's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

just an autistic girl with a special interest in convenience stores

A funny take on prescribed expectations from society 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Stalking, and Misogyny

gabriella_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This felt like a tragicomedy because of the hypercapitalism just bleeding into everything but the delivery was so FUNNY sometimes. She banished an incel to the bathtub because he was just so stinky in every sense. Lots to pick apart with this and it was very worth the read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Body shaming, Sexism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Mental illness

clovetra's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted reflective tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Stalking, Chronic illness, and Cursing

pm_me_book_recs's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Eeehhhh, very mixed feelings on this one. An important critique, but as a neurodivergent it was extremely triggering to read? The lectures forced onto the obviously ASD main character Keiko by neurotypical society are so long and painful and FREQUENT. UGH. I mean, the constant masking to fit in and not be critiqued or othered is so real, the rude comments made at us are spot on, but it started to feel a lot like trauma porn. Don't even get me started with Shiraha, what the barf. I try to be empathetic -and maybe this was an origin story for incel ideology- it was very difficult to read something trying to humanize his mindset without reaaaally pushing back on it. I do also catch these prejudice, ableist, and misogynist undertones in A LOT of Japanese media I consume, so this novella did a great job of showing the cultural context from the reciever of abuses' view?

Idk, hmm... maybe stay away from this one if you've received bullying or abuse due to neurodivergence? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

livimack's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

It was strange listening to this book, because, for all its themes, it seems to be the closest depiction I’ve read of how my brain thinks (though more exaggerated). Note, not necessarily what my brain thinks, but how, at least in some part.
It’s almost funny because, within that, you get to see some of my “flaws” not as flaws but as issues inflicted by an unaccommodating world. One quote stood out on this. 

“There was nothing to guide me over whether an action was rational or not.” 

To me, the book just leaves a lot for thought, generally, about the brain, and my brain, and whether that brain is good enough to be considered not good enough by others. Convoluted, but I valued reading this book for that. 

Aside from that, though, a really fresh take on self-discovery, society and personal values, that also chucks in some incel-representation. Worth reading!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Mental illness