Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Całkiem zabawna historia by Ned Vizzini

6 reviews

anjh's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

3.75

“So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live.”

this book was good both in the sense that it was gripping and easy to read but also real in the sense that there were real life problems and struggles and these were kind of normalised in a way. 

tw: unalive thoughts, SH, depression
i liked the way the author gave the imagery of “tentacles” and “anchors”, the former being things that get in the way of your life and make you anxious and distressed, and the latter being things that you’re drawn to for happiness and to feel better. 
i also liked the depiction of SI and what it felt like and how easy it is to slip into depression. though i did feel like the way Craig reached out was perhaps made to look “easy” when in reality this can be really hard. 
i did like how diverse the community in the hospital was and how Craig became more open minded after hearing everyone’s stories throughout his stay. 

would recommend if you’re looking for a book with mental illness rep but ofc check the tws first. 
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rori_does_art's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

Have a tissue box on hand. It gets sad.
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raythecatlover's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

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

3.5

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oolongnoodles145291's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I’ll be honest I had really high hopes for this one since I really love Be More Chill so much. I really liked the way the novel started out and how it brought to light what seemed to be a very real telling of what someone’s life is like living with severe depression. I didn’t really like when he went to the hospital. I know that sounds like the dumbest thing since that is the whole main plot and don’t get me wrong I am so glad he didn’t actually end up unaliving himself, but I felt like towards the end I knew what was going to happen and I was just reading to finish it. I’m sure it is a very insightful look into what mental hospitals are actually like, but for me it was average. There was also some mild transphobia which might have been the cause.
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tekitechnical's review against another edition

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