Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Triple-Duty Bodyguards by Lily Gold

37 reviews

hannah_mariee's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Stalking, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Cursing, Vomit, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

caitlinreddy's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

i couldn't put this down. i looooooved it. the depth of the characters, the character development, EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CHARACTERS

wow. wow. wow.

i loved the story itself too. i was sucked in from the get go and i will definitely be reading more from the author and adding this to my reread pile

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Gun violence

shaipanda's review

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was really well done. A lottt darker than I expected and darker than her other books I’ve read I believe (though those definitely have dark parts as well) but really liked the character development and dynamics between the 4 main characters as well as how that evolved 
Definitely a good (if hard at times) read :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Gun violence, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Hate crime, and Torture

poupi's review

hopeful tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

The story is good, Briar is a strong female character but I don’t buy the bodyguard reverse harem. 

Luckily there is a strong stalker plot because as much as I loved these three guys, Glen was my favorite and I wanted to keep him for myself. 
I am not a sharing person after all.
The smut is good and detailed as much as it can be.

As for the reverse harem I preferred Knot so lucky from Trilina PUCCI.

Please check the trigger warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, War, and Stalking

bookswithkeke's review

dark lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

grace33's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

jackieyvette's review

tense slow-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

2.75

Yeah I didn’t love this one for Matt alone. He was annoying and overbearing in the worst way. He had a sad backstory I guess, but the way he spoke to the main character, Briar, was a no for me. He just gave the ick so quick with the way he thinks and speaks which sucks cause I did enjoy the other two guys, Kenta and Glen. 
I mean the scenes were written fine I just couldn’t get over my dislike for Matt. 

Crying score: I would cry if a men ever spoke to me the way Matt did out of pure anger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

tragicgloom's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexism and Gun violence

Minor: War, Vomit, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Body shaming, Murder, and Blood

aloevera's review

dark hopeful tense 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

3.25

Lily Gold writes a great RH but this is the 3rd I’ve read and it’s clear that they all follow a very similar rhythm so it gets pretty predictable in a way that makes me unmotivated to read her other books. I get that she’s got a niche going, but I feel like there must be a way to add some variety in there. 

Otherwise, I mostly enjoyed this book but it’s hard to really engage with the suspense of a stalker when you know it’s gonna be a HEA. I think she writes the trauma elements well, but I just didn’t really buy into the romance of this one, sadly! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail