Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry

77 reviews

gnarlykaitlyn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

dr_readmore_17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Please read the trigger warnings on this book. 

This book is meant to give you complicated feelings and raise questions in your mind. It would make a great book club read if your book club is okay with the dark and twisty. If you are looking for a thriller this isn’t quite that. Definitely gives you the psychological and the “twist” at the end but no thrill. Be ready for a complicated ick feeling after finishing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

landofkate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

leahpote's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

crazybooklady89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5 stars because this book broke me. It is not often that a book brings me to actual tears, but this one certainly did. I could feel Adrianne’s pain…so raw and deep and moving. So many trigger warnings for this one, so please read with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

agrams02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

turntsnacko27's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

I started reading this book knowing it would be sad. Although the ending is fairly predictable, reading it was extremely emotional. There are still a few good big plot twists that completely changed my outlook on parts throughout the whole book by the time they were revealed. 
The last few paragraphs of the final chapter had me needing to take breaks to take a breath and get a hold of myself to continue, they were so deeply emotional and a major conflict of feelings. 
Overall, incredible book. Only reason I give it slightly less than 5 stars is because I felt the first 1/3 ish to be a tad slower with lots of flashbacks and family history during a time I wanted to know more about the current timeline story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

aidalol's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, and Vomit

emderosa's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Vomit