Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

4 reviews

nbreezy17's review

emotional hopeful informative sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

ldbaker628's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, and Medical trauma

Minor: Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

jessicaludden's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.0

“People aren’t put on this earth to meet your expectations.”

Chaos Theory follows the growing friendship and romance between Shelby and Andy who are both dealing with their own unique mental illnesses.

This book has such an important message surrounding the stigmatization of mental health issues. I think the mental health representation was written really well. Each character was portrayed very realistically and it was interesting to see how the way their brains function impacted who they were and the people they cared about it. This story was a good way to learn about how different people navigate through life differently. The author does a great job of depicting the reality of mental illness while also not making it a big scary thing that’s sets people apart. I loved seeing Shelbi and Andy’s relationship grow slowly over time and how they were able to find themselves together. Overall I liked this and I liked its message, but there was a lot going on and the dialogue was a little cheesy.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House for an ARC of this book!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol