Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

26 reviews

ce_read's review against another edition

I wasn't connecting with the characters like I wanted to. Maybe if I was reading instead of listening to the book it would have hit different, but 1/3 of the way in and there has been almost no plot. So more of a slow, episodic, picture painting kind of story than a plot driven one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Fatphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Outing, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Vomit, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Child death, Dysphoria, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death

kelsea's review

dark reflective sad medium-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: Rape and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual violence and Homophobia

aspence94's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

saphfics's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Addiction, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Lesbophobia, Alcoholism, and Religious bigotry

khakipantsofsex's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, and Drug use

m_storky's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Grief

peachani's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Murder, Outing, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Body shaming, Car accident, Drug use, Dysphoria, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Dementia, Biphobia, Bullying, Vomit, Blood, Infertility, and Ableism

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism and Miscarriage

Minor: Colonisation

butlerebecca's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racism, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt