Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland

23 reviews

shadeyc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

4.0

Sweet, sad, funny, painful. Full of triggers - phobia's, anxiety, panic attacks, neglect, physical/mental/child abuse, depression, hallucinations, addiction, suicide attempt. 

I thought this was going to be a bit of black humour and quirkiness, and it ended up making me cry. 
It's very sweet and quite fun, (though everyone is very broken which is kind of full on, but on purpose), and I did like it, but holy shit did this book make me sad. Far more triggering than I thought it was going to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

kenziekat's review

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

persephonefoxx's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

zailun's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Suicide attempt

samisreadinq's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

I love this book so much. Honestly one one my favourites of the year so far. I loved Ester and Jonah. Loved her family… Eugene was my fav. We love him.

This book was so engaging from start to finish. I had so much fun. Literally read it in a day. I couldn’t put it down. We went one a massive journey with ester facing her fears and I just loved watching it

Idk what I expected from this book. But it’s so much better than I anticipated. Truly loved this one. Definitely recommend. Raises so many important topics like mental health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

shadowspinner's review

adventurous challenging funny 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, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse

suse_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense fast-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

This book was really nice to read and not at all boring or annoying- which I feared because I haven’t really gotten the hang of YA fiction in a while. The last 50-ish pages were an emotional rollercoaster  and while that’s not at all how I imagined it to work out, I really like it the way it did!!

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CONTENT WARNINGS INCLUDE SPOILERS. HOWEVER, I THOUGHT SOMEONE SHOULD ADD THEM!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Dementia, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, and Kidnapping

I have added all and every topic I could think of for a content warning and categorized them as good as possible. It might seen a lot, but it partially gets “lost” in the plot. However, please be careful when you’re reading this book!!

ashmak06's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

yozy's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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

4.0

i loved this book, the characters are so lovable and the story is so interesting. the ending was a bit cheesy with the video but ignoring that it was a good ending, especially

she’s death now? but honestly good for her that her first goal is to go to jonah’s dad because fuck him

 

please before you read be careful of triggers and read the content warnings <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Murder

frankiexcx's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Alcohol