Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

6 reviews

moonyreadsbystarlight's review

informative reflective

4.5

This was an excellent essay collection about the author's experience of schizoaffective and bipolar disorders. She talks about her experience of it, parts of the process getting diagnoses, dealing with ableism in various contexts, spirituality, media, and more. Not only does it show the mind of the author in some ways, it says a lot about how people with these less socially acceptable symptoms and disorders are treated.

The only real drawback of this was some of the discussion around autism in one of the essays. It felt very dated and I'm not sure how to feel about some of the discussion around functioning labels. So that is why I didn't give it a full 5 stars. The rest of the collection was really solid and very interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Ableism, Death, Suicide attempt, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

queertrash's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

translove's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective

4.25

not gonna lie, this book was so hard to read at times. because it was too relatable and touched me in ways that made me feel seen but also reminded me of the worst times of my life. really appreciate this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Death, and Suicide

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book was really interesting, and I both feel for the author and feel like I learned a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

noshelf_control's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Medical content

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death and Suicide

fridabystrom's review

informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death