Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Sleeping with Friends by Emily Schultz

3 reviews

angie11290's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

If you are good with movie references, this will be even more fun for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

raegandrust's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

i had high hopes for this book. the synopsis’s and summaries i read made it sound really unique, and i was so excited to read it. but to be honest, it was very dull and underwhelming. i feel like the entire book should have been in mia’s perspective because seeing other point-of-views made the twist-ending predictable. if the audience had no prior knowledge like mia and gained memories along with her as the book progressed, the ending would have been much better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking

chezler24's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

 This was a fairly interesting whodunit. The story opens with Mia Sinclair-Kroner covered in blood stumbling away from her home and what we soon discover is the scene of her attempted murder. Unfortunately, she has amnesia from the attack and has little memory of her previous life. She slowly begins making connections through film and movie associations. I wish this angle had been played with a bit more because it was quite exciting whenever a key piece of evidence was dropped through a character or actor name-drop. The bulk of the book takes place at the scene of the crime during Mia's "Remembering Party." Mia's friends and sister assemble under one roof to help Mia realize her past. The weekend slowly turns from fun reminiscing to catty back-biting and finger-pointing as Mia's idyllic life slowly begins to fray away. The concept was intriguing and Schultz almost had me a couple of times but I was ultimately satisfied with the conclusion. I'm not sure if I would read this one again since I felt a couple of the characters (mostly Zoey) were a bit irritating to put up with. In the end, justice was served and the events all fell into place, so I'll give it that much. 

(Read an Advanced Reader's Copy)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment