Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Skim by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki

15 reviews

fsethompson's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide attempt

nicolinebl's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Beautiful art. Besides that I wasn't really blown away but I did enjoy reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

mme_carton's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

e_lace's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Fatphobia

emilybrown97's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• 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

Skim! Written and illustrated by the Canadian duo, Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki. I read this last night and I felt it really captured high school and I really related to it. From the downright cruel acts done by teenagers, to the deep and harsh reality of mental illness, this book left me feeling like there was a hole in my gut. It reminded me of how depression can sneak up on you, and how sometimes you don’t even realize something’s wrong. It also reminded me of how important my relationships and friendships were at the time, and the DRAMA of it all. High school really does make you feel like everything is the be all end all. I feel for students in today’s society. Social media was there when I was in high school but I’m sure it’s way worse now. 

It also makes me hopeful in a weird way? Like hopefully we’ll make it better for our younger generations. The more we acknowledge the more accountability happens right? I hope so. 

Idk, just really resonated with me. Probably will be a read that I come back to often. Maybe not in conversation, maybe not physically re-reading it, but just my general thoughts when I’m reminiscing about high school and how far I’ve come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts