Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Crying Book by Heather Christle

16 reviews

noura's review

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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booksandteacups's review

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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evagallud's review against another edition

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emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

Me gustan los libros fragmentarios y este no puede serlo más. Una investigación sobre las lágrimas, el llanto y decenas de temas adyacentes y curiosidades varias. Muchas cosas me dejaron impasible, pero encontré algunos destellos.
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kelleykamanda's review

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I wanted to get into it but found it very repetitive due to the nature of the theme.
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aliensmileyface's review

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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itsbumley's review

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emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

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twilightfan420's review

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emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.0

I love the way this book is structured. The way Heather Christle wraps personal experience, sociological study, and biological truths into one cohesive book is intensely impressive and a pleasure to read. Even the most scientific of medical writing was easily digestible through this format and I loved how the author’s story weaved throughout.
Toward the end of the novel, Christle writes about the idea of ideas “going together” or being associated. It’s an idea I’ll certainly be revisiting and interrogating other norms because of. Plus, it was a perfect metaphor for the unconventional structure of the book.
Overall, The Crying Book offers a view into grief and pain in a way that I haven’t seen before.
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meaghanelizabook's review

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challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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liagatha's review

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emotional sad slow-paced

2.5

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georgiawye's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Very much in the style of Maggie Nelson's Bluets - a sort of collection of thoughts about a topic that sort of winds through the author's experience. I actually liked this a bit more than Nelson's work, it made more sense to me. 
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