Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Todas las esquizofrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

16 reviews

emilianeyer's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5


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sheafitz's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0


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sakisreads's review against another edition

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dark informative tense slow-paced

3.5

This book was so thought-provoking! We as a society tend to cast out anyone with disorders like schizophrenia, so this candid set of essays helped in gaining more empathy and a better understanding 😳 

The part with the most impact for me was when Esmé Wang gets asked to leave Yale University and then the accounts of many other people with disorders that had been ‘asked to leave’ educational institutions due to their fear of a bad image 😫

This quote got me:
‘Yes, I thought, our eyes meeting, you may think I'm hot, but I'm also a rotting corpse. Sucks to be you, sir.’ 😂

I would definitely like to do more research into schizophrenia, having had this book as a catalyst. 3.5 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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creativerunnings's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0


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hmetwade's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0


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sjbshannon's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0


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literarylion's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Pros:
  • a good and necessary perspective on serious mental illness and its perception in society
  • definitely a story that hasn't been told before

Cons:
  • It got progressively more trite 

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ocean's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0


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machinations's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.25


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eshdho's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0


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