Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

52 reviews

flordemaga's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Blood, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Forced institutionalization

rosie_valadez's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Grief

urf4vpisces's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness

dangerina's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol

chloelyee's review

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Suicide, Fatphobia, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

xxlua's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

best ed rep ive read by far

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Blood, and Suicide attempt

tiffy_two's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

STRONG TRIGGER WARNING. This book is HEAVY. It’s hard to read at times and goes into a lot of details of eating disorders and death. Do not read if you are easily triggered. If you do, please read with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

ltinfigi13's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fatphobia, Death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Self harm

catietav's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It was a beautifully written book that was deeply upsetting. It explored a girl’s eating disorder and other mental health challenges from her point of view, allowing the reader to see her perspective and learn from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

joan_zyaire's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-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

3.5

The first time I read this book, I was an impressionable 9 year old. Reading it again a decade later, It's not so bad. I definitely didn't remember the ending except for the "thawing" quote. I'd go as far as to say that this book is better than "A Little Life" because it didn't feel like 'sad porn' (sad for the sake of being sad). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Death, Grief, Body shaming, Vomit, and Toxic friendship