Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

27 reviews

indieandajean's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

4/5 stars
Not my usual read, but I enjoyed it much more than I have other realistic fiction coming of age stories. 
The characters were loveable, the story was entertaining, and the switching between the past and future was very fluid. 
Going into this book I wasn't sure what to expect, and I'm glad I gave it a shot! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

catsnebulareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse and Pregnancy

mrsmishler's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Mental illness, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

ericaw212's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.5

It’s not a life changer, but it’s a great quick read with mystery, reflection, and coming of age. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

trippalli'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

A philosophical and thoughtfully told complex story.... the narrator is a brain surgeon reflecting on his childhood and his special uncle who lost much of his memory after a terrible tragedy.

 His uncle helps him overcome his fear of monsters and together they face the ghosts of the area and town which the boys comes to learn are in many ways very close to his uncle's personal experiences, which he can no longer remember. There is also a friend who appears to be bipolar and has  manic episodes despite being on medication, so while nothing bad comes off these episodes they could trigger our upset some people.  

Overall a good book that talks about really important topics in mental health and life in a tasteful and realistic way I appreciate. It's philosophical and thoughtful get also fairly light and easy to read story that handles  historic family tragedy and all works out for the people in current day  story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Medical trauma

moony__3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

chrisomeara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? No

3.5

A perfect autumn book that reads like an 80's film concept that Spielberg never got around to making. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, and Grief

blackteadragon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

amber_reads_sometimes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? N/A

5.0

This is going on my list of books that I wish I could experience for the first time again. A perfect and at times heartbreaking coming-of-age story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

caroliiineb's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Car accident, and Suicide attempt