Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

4 reviews

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism

kaiiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.75

Beautiful story beautifully told
Claire Legrand has an incredible talent with words and her descriptions of emotions have genuinely given me some new language to describe feelings I didn't previously have words for
Equal parts sickeningly horrifying and achingly sweet
A celebration of the will of girls and the things they are capable of
This one will be sticking with me for a long time 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

pretty good. the character relationships were stilted at the beginning. i didnt understand their motivations but it made sense at the end. i just wish there had been more friendship initially. would have provided a better foundation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sameehaha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.0

This was addicting to read. I wish I had more thoughts to share but that's really all. I spent most of my free time reading this so I think that's a good enough review.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence and Acephobia/Arophobia