Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

18 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This was equal parts cute and cringey. 

I liked the premise, but the execution fell a little flat for me. It was too predictable and not entirely convincing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and War

libellumartinae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

3.75

Alrightie, Tia Williams does it again, confirming herself as one of the few romance authors I can read wihtout cringing all too badly. Still, I couldn't help but find this book inevitably lacking especially in style and plot-writing compared to «Seven Days in June» (

which was mentioned and it made my heart flutter

). The characters were funny, quirky and interesting but felt more like characters than tridimensional real people and I felt like the plot was at first introduced as a grand mystery between realism and fantasy but the solution felt a bit... underwhelming.

All in all, it isn't a bad book and I do love the fact that it focused on both love as romantic and as platonic and familial (albeit I couldn't help but feel a bit meh about it, especially as it was a bit confusing considering this had been sold to me as a romance book, but instead if felt more like fiction), I just think that it isn't the best of the author, although it was an enjoyable read!

Thank you for it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Classism

paidays's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

Sweet love story with a lot of poignant moments. I appreciated the richness and texture the author provided in her descriptions of Harlem past and present. I found the plot predictable and there were a few lines of dialogue that made me fully cringe, but overall an enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Death, and Sexual violence

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

this was not at all what i was expecting. this is such an unique take on the romance genre. supernatural/mystical stuff in books isn’t usually my favorite, especially in romance, but this was still thoroughly enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

peachmoni's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Cancer, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ukponge's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Suicide

teeslooseleaf's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Terminal illness

kdailyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and War

amcintosh914's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

marena02's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism