Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

11 reviews

am4man's review

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide attempt

bgunther's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A must read! Excellent storytelling by an author whose lived experience shines light on the horrific nature of incarceration in America. This story broke my heart but also inspired me to become a fellow “stone catcher” to intercept the stones thrown at the most innocent and vulnerable among us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Mental illness, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Miscarriage, Rape, Hate crime, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Child death, Slavery, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

danimcthomas's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely life-changing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Stalking

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, Police brutality, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, Ableism, Rape, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Racism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ballew's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Simply an amazing exploration of the flaws of the American criminal justice system

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Confinement, and Gun violence

Minor: Terminal illness

suchsweetsorrow89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

this is a very interesting read! this was gifted to me by a mentor that has been pushing the pre law agenda on me for a while now. i honestly had no clue what to expect reading this book and i was surprised. left me wondering more about the treatment of women in the criminal justice system (both those on the inside and outside) and more about the connection between the soul/psychology and the impact the criminal justice system (but really america) has on the individual. i don't know if i have ever read a book that has left me as determined to research something as this one. the criminal legal system has always and will always be something that deeply interests me and this book brought light to so many f*cked up things about it that i had never known (but am not surprised by). the only critique i have is that this book speeds through different cases at some point-- cases that are really challenging and hard to read. there are even points where an electrocution takes place and it is described in detail... it's hard to read. i think what's hardest about these scenes is the writing style-- it's almost too clinical, dissociated, and 'lawyer-like' that it was unsettling to read. and unsettling here not in an artistic and metaphoric way but in a 'are you a human or a robot' way (too harsh?). if you are someone who is interested in criminal law or is interested in prisons in america then i would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative

5.0

This book makes me look at how far the USA has come and think it's not nearly enough.

CWs: wrongful imprisonment, discussions of capital punishment/death penalty, death by electric chair and lethal injection described on page, ableism, addiction, alcohol consumption/alcoholism, child abuse, child death, cursing, confinement (to cell and solitary), death, dementia, domestic abuse, drug use/abuse, emotional abuse, grief, gun violence, medical content, medical trauma, mental illness, miscarriage, murder, physical abuse, police brutality, racial slurs, racism, rape (of children/teenagers in adult prisons), pregnancy, self harm, schizophrenia/psychosis, sexual assault, sexual violence, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, torture, violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

emiliegilless's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This book is super amazing and insightful on the criminal justice system. It tought me a lot of things I did not know, while also reinforcing ideas I already had and adding historical context to much of what we see today.  Because these are true cases, it can be more triggering and hard to read, please check CW. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Torture

The torture warning refers to a true case that happened to someone being sentenced to death, so please know this!!

alayamorning's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Excrement, Child death, Death, Murder, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Slavery and Pregnancy

sarah984's review

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

This is a memoir of an individual lawyer, but also a book about mass incarceration and the death penalty in the United States. It's about racism and poverty, but also the giant uncaring bureaucracy that the modern justice system has become - judges giving out harsher penalties to influence their reelection, exonerating evidence being illegally upheld due to public pressure to solve a crime quickly, in one absolutely bizarre case a defendant's court-appointed lawyer cashing a cheque that was intended to serve as evidence because there was a dispute about court fees.

I would recommend this to anyone who has never really thought about prison before - the ways that being incarcerated affects people forever even without the death penalty read like cruel and unusual punishment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Slavery

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent