Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel

19 reviews

janessakat's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

Beautifully written. I learned an entirely new vocabulary from Wurtzel’s intricate writing style. The way she writes about depression is almost beyond words. She makes a very individualized experience seem relatable in a sense. However, this book was redundant and could have been shortened to less than 300 pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Rape

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

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

a_grady's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

kristen_spencer's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

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

shammai's review

reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

amandag's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Abortion

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

daughterofcain's review

emotional funny sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide