Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Lake House by Kate Morton

6 reviews

merrynthomas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and War

lectora21's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and War

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility and War

kim_104's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

War echt bisschen zu sehr detaillier beschrieben manchmal; mache sowas nicht oft, aber hätte ich nicht zwischendurch mal bei einigen Seiten nur die wörtliche Rede gelesen und den Rest geskippt wäre ich vermutlich nie ganz durchgekommen. 

Ich persönlich bevorzuge es Außerdem auch mehr bei Krimis wenn man Hinweise kriegt und selbst Vermutungen aufstellen kann; hier kann man das leider nicht viel tun. Aber not bad was die Autorin sich da ausgedacht hat.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Miscarriage and War

seekittyread's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I desperately wanted to love this book. Unfortunately the author's casual disregard of the abuses of adoption and medically forced deliveries ruined it. The characters were beautiful and the story had great promise, but I found the abuses and inaccuracies a downer. 

I think it important that it is made clear that a cord being wrapped around the neck during childbirth is a common occurance and not a fatal one. I believe the author's use of this as a manor to further plot quite distasteful and probably led her own miseducation due to gaslighting by the medical industry. Parents who seek out doctors are led to believe that a cord around the neck is fatal and a baby only survives due to the "greatness" of the abusive doctor they have hired to deliver their babies. In reality fatalities due to a cord being rapped around the neck are minimal and most often happen before the baby can be born. Cords wrapped around the neck are simply slipped off by mother after birth during natural births when doctors and the overbearing hands are not involved. I would encourage this author to research more about the abuses of medically led deliveries before casting it as the normal and right way for babies to enter the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexism, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and War

Warning for misrepresentation of the "benefits" of adoption and for the promotion of abusive medical deliveries.

bexdubyah's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Infertility