Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Heartstopper - Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

308 reviews

nickywheeler's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

amachonis's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Alcohol

cbear_13's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

This is probably the happiest volume of heartstopper out of the 5 so far. This one is so cute and while there are some more serious parts they aren’t super depressing like other volumes. This one had me even more giggly and kicking my feet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder

kendal_reads's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying and Self harm

Minor: Homophobia and Alcohol

juliethere's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

kind of everything i want from a cute graphic novel 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

letheii's review against another edition

emotional funny relaxing fast-paced

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

4.25

i avoid sex scenes in books generally because its not something i like to read but with heartstopper series i dont feel repulsed as much to skip the pages. 

also michael my beloved <3 and tori <3 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Minor: Bullying

supermormongirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Sexual content

proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

It's getting closer for Nick to choose which university he wants to apply to, but he doesn't know what he wants to study. Since Charlie is a year younger it means they won't be going to the same school anymore. Can their relationship survive long distance?

Nick and Charlie are sweeter than ever and here they build up to taking their relationship to the next level. Oseman does a great job with showing how insecure most people are when it comes to losing their virginity. She also continues to have focus on mental health, although Charlie is doing much better now. On the whole I think that the Heartstopper books pick up a lot of important subjects that teenagers can relate to, and it's done in a way that doesn't make you feel stupid or alone. Although I'm not in the targeted audience I still love the message this series convey and I'm looking forward to the sixth and final volume - whenever it's released!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual content

jstarshine16's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Outing

pitsikakku's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Self harm and Alcohol