Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

5 reviews

lynssss's review

emotional mysterious relaxing slow-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

3.5

Listened to the audiobook which made it enjoyable to listen to the narrators' voices and accents. But as the book and it's parts are written in first person the accents really stay with the characters who are "narrating" their parts and don't deviate. I enjoyed the end of the book when there are a lot of characters converging in one scene but there was little payoff after these scenes and the action fell rapidly after this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Hate crime, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape and Lesbophobia

avareadsoccasionally's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I thought it was really interesting and a quick and easy read. The content was compelling and I liked the story structure. I got a little lost at the end, though and didn’t necessarily understand why it ended the way it did. However, I really liked it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Hate crime

kcarney86's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Racism

Moderate: Abandonment and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Lesbophobia, Rape, Mental illness, Alcohol, Torture, Slavery, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Bullying, and Stalking

geenween's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Rape

bookarino's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Deadnaming

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Mental illness, Transphobia, and Xenophobia