Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Broken Bonds by J. Bree

7 reviews

spookynat's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

overall really solid. it just needs a good copyedit. the story itself was pretty emotional and tense for a lot of the novel, as oli tries to keep a tight grip on herself against her bonds trying to both break her down and (later) try to be gentle with her (well, some of them anyway). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Police brutality, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

haybay's review

dark emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

Wish they all of them groveled more. Loved the academy setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

unboundbooklover's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

cait_reads2024's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I've never been so quickly invested in a book in my entire LIFE. It consumed my thoughts all day every day and I was reading any chance I could get: on my phone while at work in between tasks, walking to my car, while eating, and laying in bed (and losing A LOT of sleep). There was so much hatred and mystery between the full cast of characters and I just wanted to keep going to get any morsel of interaction or answers that I could get. I loved every single second. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Murder

ka_ke's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Well consider me intrigued. I downloaded the other five books before I even finished Broken Bonds. I guarantee Nox gets a redemption arc, North can get bent but Gabe, Griffin and Atlas are warming up to me. I love Sage, and I want to protect her with all my heart, please don’t kill her! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

thefriendlymushroom's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

erkietheturkey's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Car accident