Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

14 Ways to Die by Vincent Ralph

4 reviews

annamwallace66's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

library_of_al's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I didn’t really like the start but once I got close to end I was really into it. So many plot twist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Mental illness

honeybunchesofoats06's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.0

I was going to give 14 Ways to Die a 4/5 star rating in the beginning but as the book went on I got more and more disappointed. To start, the “chapters” are very short, which makes it a quick read but with most chapters being a page, page and a half long there wasn’t a lot of description. This made the characters feel very one dimensional. I thought the plot could have been very good but it was just poorly executed. I also didn’t like Jess’s character about how she thought she was the only one that could experience grief, there was only one type of grief and that fact that her character was kind of all over the place. I do agree this book is very hooking and pulls you in but I think it could have been done way better.

I thought the twist in the end was a bit random too. Although you were meant to be miss led the whole time and were meant to keep guessing who the Magpie man was we didn’t get much on Mr. Farrell and Bernie’s life until the very end so to me Mr. Farrell was just a random character which made the twist less shocking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

dakotahrey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.5

I really didn't expect much out of this book, but I was really wrong about it. It's fast-paced and really doesn't feel like a YA novel. The main character really has to face who she is and how her trauma has impacted the relationships around her and more importantly her relationship with herself. I finished the book in three nights so it only took 4-6 hours, and on night 2 I couldn't put the book down. The mystery and thrills had me hooked!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail