Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Faites attention à moi by Alyssa Sheinmel

7 reviews

ktreml06's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Overall I enjoyed the story— think “Girl Interrupted” but with a diary component as you get to be inside the main character’s mind. The writing was very eloquent with incredible imagery and all kinds of sensory description without being difficult to read or too lengthy. 

I do wish there was more suspense/thrill throughout the book, as it felt pretty static with no real unexpected plot twist that shocked me. 

Disclaimer: This was my first audiobook, and I think that affected some of the lackluster feelings on my end at the narrator was pretty monotone. But, I tried to keep my review as focused on the story itself rather than my audiobook as I could. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Mental illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Medical content, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

not_a_salem_witch's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Medical content

mandala_eyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Medical content, Vomit, Violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming and Blood

tbwhite23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence and Eating disorder

shelbysaldan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

the book is very confusing and sort of hard to get through, it took me a lot longer to read because I was sort of dreading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

booksofautumn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Confinement

caidyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

CW: mental illness, psychosis, eating disorders, and serious injury

While this was a good read, I had my issues with it. Perhaps that's because I'm coming at it as a person in the field. I work at a psych facility and some of the things in this didn't ring quite true. However, I don't work with kids and don't get how children's facilities work. I also am not a psychiatrist, nor am I working with those who are there for criminal cases.

For one, I wasn't a fan of the MC. I didn't like her comments on eating disorders. It pulled me straight out of the book because they were entirely unneeded for the story as a whole. It rubbed me entirely the wrong way to read someone making comments about how you can tell by looking at a girl who's anorexic or bulimic. It just was disgusting and pissed me off. The comments were unneeded to the extreme.

I also just didn't love the rep for mental health. Again, I work in the population and I just didn't like how Hannah wasn't told anything and how things didn't seem to be explained to her. I'd never do that as a professional. I'd want them to know what's going on and what's happening. I also didn't like how the psychiatrist had her own agenda rather than work with the patient and the patient's concerns. She's concerned about missing the start of school? Why brush that off? It's a valid thing to process and to help someone process.

Still, I enjoyed the book. I've met people like Hannah, people who have some psychosis but are able to recognize it in some ways. It's hard to see them recognize it fully and actually understand what they're experiencing. I liked how the book wasn't drawn out and ended as it did, although it's clear that this is only the start of her journey because it is a lifelong diagnosis and, usually, symptoms don't entirely go away.

Overall, a fine book, but not without its issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, and Violence