Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

35 reviews

nickel_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

Flawless storytelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Genocide

Minor: Drug use, Genocide, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

buwubie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

y’all ever just wanna 🥊 achilles and just hold patroclus in a tight embrace to protect him from everything wrong in the world? cause i do a lot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

hammy_down's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing book. Truthfully. There’s nothing I can say about it that hasn’t already been said, but I truly enjoyed this. I felt every mistake, and I felt the connection those boys had. We can come together through a shared love of something. We can watch them make mistakes, and we can suffer, but we will love them, and we will love other through them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

offbrandclubsoda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

The audiobook is incredible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Pregnancy

thegr1mreader's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

SO SAD I AM NOT OKAY AND WILL NEVER RECOVER

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Self harm

crowbarsoda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Rape

cyjszn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Some parts are poorly written but most of it is really good.

When they said they both die at the end I did not think it was literally going to happen, but guess what? They both really do die at the end. I was warned, I ignored the warning and now my heart has to pay for it. Tragic, really.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Tw / suicide:

The suicide tag is about a past and parental suicide rather than a present one. Therefore its kind of a minor description of it.

Further tws for: drowning, suicide ideation and gang violence.

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

camilacarvalho's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

Even though I knew how it ends before starting to read it, 

the death killed me inside

I have never felt such sadness reading any book before. Definitely recommend it if you'd like to shed some tears.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol

krdavis02's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Minor: War