Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel

15 reviews

redflower10's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

4.0

I saw a TikTok that said this book made them drop out of school and get sectioned in a psych ward - I think this tells you everything you may need to know. Avoid if you experience depressive moods as this may trigger you like nothing else before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

unavenusleyendo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Vomit

sare1125's review

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Mental illness

alyssagee11's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

taunusleserin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

Im Alter von 27 Jahren schrieb Elizabeth Wurtzel einen autobiographischen Roman über ihr Leben mit Depressionen, die bei ihr im Alter von  11 Jahren (im Summer Camp) starteten. Das Buch wurde 1994 veröffentlicht und 2001 mit Christina Ricci in der Hauptrolle verfilmt. 

Ich habe das Buch im Original gelesen (die deutsche Übersetzung muss wohl sehr schlecht sein), und obwohl es fast 30 Jahre alt ist, ist es immer noch hochaktuell. Es ist sehr gut geschrieben, man kann sich gut in die Autorin hineinversetzen, deren Leben aus einer Spirale von Therapie und Rückschlägen besteht; und dennoch schreibt sie so klar und reflektiert. Zudem spiegelt es sehr gut den Zeitgeist Amerikas Ende der 1970er und der 80er wieder. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

pun1sher's review

4.0

I'm about to cry my eyes out because it's so weird to read something that seems so much like something I could write

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol

rabidmilfs's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

mondovertigo's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Self harm, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape

froggybooks's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.75

ugh. it was insufferable. relatable but insufferable.

the end and the afterword were good. it was just so long and waffly. also surprise ipswich appearance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Pedophilia, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Classism, Blood, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Pregnancy and Abortion

rae_diant's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Despite its flaws, this has got to be one of the best books I've read. Slow paced but a devouring read. You empathize with Wurtzel even when you know, and she knows, she screwed up. A fight through depression with an inspiring end. As someone who suffers from depression but is in a good place right now, I only recommend this book to someone who is in a healthy mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts