Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

SAINT X by Alexis Schaitkin

5 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was so good and had potential! Unfortunately it falls flat. They kinda explain what happens to Allison but then they dont? Like they just kinda fill in the blank with the "most likely scenario"  and left it at that. Also what the hell happened to Clive?! Like Sara gets an epilogue and not Clive?! Disrespectful. Also the whole befriending the dude you think murdered your sister is insane. Like the book could have been so cool but the end is boring and kinda predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gracescanlon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

chelseakasten's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness

becksreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

This is a story that ends unsettled, while exploring a lot of cultural and societal oddities along the way. The messages were important, and worth reading. The premise these messages came up in felt like something to push slowly along. But not my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death

cereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Rape