jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Car accident, and Self harm
Moderate: Infidelity and Vomit
Minor: Bullying, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Suicide
jupitersuns's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Self harm, Addiction, Child death, Grief, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Abortion
lyssie03's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
Moderate: Child death and Abortion
Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Infidelity
khaylam's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage
lauding_42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
Moderate: Abortion, Grief, and Child death
Minor: Car accident, Suicide, and Miscarriage
mayy_y's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book really touches on the topic of mental illness (even though the author hates describing it that way) and how it is for the people that experience it, and how it might affect their relationships with others.
Right from the author’s note at thr beginning, I knew I would like this book.
I’m also a fan of text messages in books, and this had a lot of it🤌🏼
So yes, you should def read this book. Be careful of the content warnings tho.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Child death, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Miscarriage
jessicaludden's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Chaos Theory follows the growing friendship and romance between Shelby and Andy who are both dealing with their own unique mental illnesses.
This book has such an important message surrounding the stigmatization of mental health issues. I think the mental health representation was written really well. Each character was portrayed very realistically and it was interesting to see how the way their brains function impacted who they were and the people they cared about it. This story was a good way to learn about how different people navigate through life differently. The author does a great job of depicting the reality of mental illness while also not making it a big scary thing that’s sets people apart. I loved seeing Shelbi and Andy’s relationship grow slowly over time and how they were able to find themselves together. Overall I liked this and I liked its message, but there was a lot going on and the dialogue was a little cheesy.
Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House for an ARC of this book!
Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Self harm, and Suicide attempt