Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

101 reviews

anniefwrites's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

There's really no one who can beat the intricacy of Mary H. K. Choi's language. Her writing oozes intelligence, and her details are always microscopically specific. She weaves together a story so tightly wound that, when it finally unravels, it feels like a breath of fresh air. She humanizes her characters so fully, and when they do things that surprise you, it turns out to be exactly in line with who they are. An excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, and Drug use

abbyreadsbigbooks123's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, and Medical content

sheri_readsss's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

queserasara's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death

hels_archive's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Review Summary : In terms of pacing, I'd likely have finished this book in a day if it didn't elicit so many emotions. As the reader, you shadow Jayne through the thick of it all: her environment, her relationships, her memories, and her self destructive choices. While the most remarkable facet of the story lies in the character development, the plot pulse is strong to carry the narrative to the end. And speaking of the ending, hands down one of my favorite book endings to date. It's a book of complicated love, for self and others, a book about growth and healing for the self, and a book of fernweh... of longing to longing for places you've never been and connections you crave.

Rating: 5/5 . Jayne's gonna stick with me for a long time and if you're young, questionably dumb, and carrying unresolved hurts I think you should give it a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy

nrdyfashgirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Eating disorder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Medical content

rachela_7's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

strawberrybookess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

finn_nn's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Infertility, Sexual violence, and Grief

erenreads12's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

3.75

It took me a while to get into this and at first some aspects of the writing frustrated me - but it warmed up a lot about halfway through. This was a very delicate discussion of mental illness, love and family, with a refreshingly hopeful ending. Definitely worth the read and elegantly touching.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Vomit, and Medical content