Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

How To Stop Time by Matt Haig

20 reviews

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This is such a clever twist in the time travel genre. I enjoyed the reflective wisdom of the main character and the history we get to experience along with him. It was fun to see notable historical figures pop into and out of his life, but I especially liked that the people who had the biggest impact on him were just regular people: his family, his friends, his coworkers, etc. The main thread that binds together. all the many arcs of Tom's story is love, and it was lovely to see him come to that conclusion.

My only quibble with the novel is that the story kind of just ends, and the miniature epilogue was a bit too cheesy/cliché for my taste.

But I greatly enjoyed it and highly recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Animal cruelty

kamalfakhoury's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

kay_w's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Colonisation, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Minor: War and Panic attacks/disorders

chellemerrill's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Death of parent, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Colonisation, and Suicidal thoughts

lilym_p's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, War, Blood, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual harassment

leonormsousa's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and War

joensign's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

kimseokjinschild's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

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

3.75

The book discusses and explores the meaning of time. 

💫I liked the plot and talked about the cons of being immortal through the centuries. 
💫The book was east to read and the layout was interesting..switching from the past to the future. 

📈I lost interest most times..I also felt that the author added the plot twist to create more drama, which is was good but would have liked more of a build up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Murder

Minor: Cursing and Forced institutionalization

introverted_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Cursing, Death, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Suicide, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War