Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

16 reviews

kibbles15's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

likethepickle's review against another edition

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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment

yarnarh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

It’s a wonderful cozy book. Things I have issues with

- The way Lucy was so obsessed with Christopher. It doesn’t scream I love you, more like I’m obsessed and I can’t live without you.
- The age gap between Lucy and Hugo. 8 years age gap is quite a lot. I mean it make sense that Hugo have to be 21 to make his own decision and live on an island with an old man. But 13 and 21 feels like a huge gap. 
- luring kids to his clock island. He is an adult. He should know how gullible and naive little kids are. And if a Hogwarts letter come to my house as a kid I would have do whatever I can to get there.

Other than that, I love the book. Heartwarming, and magical

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest

elise_is_writing's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Reading this book feels like every child's dream coming true all at once somehow, and I loved every second of it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but for book lovers — so basically replace all the candy with books? Just read it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

doreneemi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

A whimsical, feel good story about found family and beloved childhood books. This book may have been written specifically to make me cry. I loved it. 

I also think this found me at the right time. I am ace/aro and I am trying to figure out how to have a child as a single adult in a responsible way. In some ways, I have never related more to a character than to Lucy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Mental illness

This book was so validating for me in dealing with ace/aro adulthood, despite not mentioning it at all.

beyourbestshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Death of parent