Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

15 reviews

ingrid13's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual assault

booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

After devouring the first book in this series, I am disappointed to say that I barely enjoyed this installment. The only enjoyable part of this book was the twist at the end and at that, it didn't make up for the rest of the book. The build-up felt extremely slow for the sudden twist at the end, there was a lot of filler and knowledge that was provided that didn't feel cohesive to the plot or the progression of the plot. This book just felt like a filler book in the series to take up space until the ending. I don't know if I will be continuing with this series if the third book is anything like this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

laurenevlyn's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

This is such a good series (so far)!!!!!!! It was like I could feel everything that Mara was feeling. And Noah Shaw 😍😍😍😍 is so incredible I can’t. There was a bit of a slow middle, and the flashback chapters were a bit confusing, but other than that I think this was an amazing book with a killer cliffhanger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

rosereadsalot's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

torapaint's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

majakrmer's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

pagesihavenotyetread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

nnegra's review against another edition

dark funny informative 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying and Abortion

crimsonreadlips's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Stalking

nancatto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 I didn't like this one as much as the first book. The addiction started fading lmao. The paranoia and the shit Jude does is written very well. The ending was meh tbh it wasn't the direction i saw the book going in and i dont feel excited to find out anymore. I am kind of confused about how they made other people like Jamie to be 'special' like Mara and Noah. It kind of feels like they're broadening the storyline too much by including all the characters almost into the "special abilities" category out of the blue. I truly don't know how to review it honestly. The writing is pretty consistently good, although this was more lengthy than it needed to be. It doesn't make me want to jump to the sequel but it's an okay read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual harassment