Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

22 reviews

spinat's review

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

The book is more about psychology and mental health, than about science nitty-gritty. It raises some interesting topics. Though many characters are facing mental health issues, and perception of death being a big theme, the book has a rather warm tone, with loving family members and life partners.

and the conclave conditioning its employees out of compassion, the harm that it's doing, and an individual's role in it all, are scary reflections of reality, and we'll portrayed, I think.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Grief, and Sexual harassment

cheye13's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Violence, Stalking, and Alcohol

Many mental illnesses are mentioned or alluded to, but the specific illnesses of main characters are PTSD and Bipolar Disorder

mandkips's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Self harm, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Racism

falchionm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

sianjoinson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Grief

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

When you read a lot (and I mean a loooot) of books about time travel, and you think, you've seen it all, but then you read this gem. What a cool approach to the subject. 
It can be a little confusing, and I didn't do myself any favour by listening to the audiobook, but I still loved it so so much. (Also, I really enjoyed the audiobook) So it's not primarily a book about time travels but more about the people who invented it and the ones who used it. About long term effects time travel may have on the psyche. About friendship, family, love and murder. Yeah, there is also a murder mystery to be solved. 
It's also really diverse and feminist (almost the entire cast of characters is female). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, and Murder

katiej's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Excellent mix of sci fi, fantasy and crime. Perfect for any fan of Dr Who or Back to the Future. I loved the tension and mystery that was through the whole story. Was great to have lots of perspectives and all women which I loved. My only downside was that at times it could be confusing as it mess's with the usual rules of time travel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Time travel

sophieduncan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

loppylolly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Gaslighting

there are semi-graphic descriptions of playing with organs