Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

5 reviews

trashkingmax's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a tough read for me. To be quite honest, I've been mulling it over since I finished it, and I still don't really get it. All of the main characters sort of just have the story happen to them. 

It's well-written, but it's just  a little... bizarre. Like a vegan sandwich, there's a lot to chew on, but there's no real meat to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Eating disorder

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Death

maceydowns's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

upon finishing I immediately had to go back and read the beginning again. Such a unique read that I’m sure you’d get more from on every reread 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Body horror, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

traa's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

headachesince03's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Death, Body shaming, Body horror, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Gore, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Gore, Lesbophobia, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Bullying, Alcohol, Stalking, Incest, Gun violence, Drug use, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Xenophobia

madarauchiha's review against another edition

slow-paced

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I'll be honest. I don't think gothic genre is for me. I can tell this is excellently written, but I'm not at all hooked or interested in it. I'll finish reading it though.

Ok I finished. Spiritually I checked out at the 47 percent mark so I'm not sure what happened. Things. Things happened, in a very dreamy manner. Welp. No rating, personally.

Content warnings:
Minor: blood, nazism, ww1, antiblack racist caricature, sexual content, emetophobia / vomit, rape, sexual violence, unsanitary, beastiality, sexual content, drugs weed, Adolf hitler mention , 

Medium: psychiatric institutions, gore, self harm, xenophobia, murder, suicide, anti immigration rhetoric, prison abuse, blood, alcohol use, smoking tobacco, mass shooting, parental death, gun violence 

Major: eating disorders, mental illness, lesbophobic d slur, violence, sexual content, violence, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Self harm, Xenophobia, Murder, Suicide, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Lesbophobia