Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

29 reviews

booksandhappyhabits's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Grief

sunny_not's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Abandonment

kbeva's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Racism

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I might like this one even more than Little Fires Everywhere. Similar to her second novel, Everything I Never Told You sees Ng dive deep into a work of character study, dissecting all the characters' histories, identities, motivations, fears, hope, and dreams and how these things create a complex, interconnected web of actions and reactions to others.

The Lee family members' struggles w/ the consequences of their race and gender--and sometimes the intersection of both--are sympathetic and frustrating. Ng has a startlingly receptive and accurate way of illustrating the subtleties of feelings and the unsaid, and their effects on one's life and, subsequently, relationship w/ others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content

polymerace's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy

callikat's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Mental illness

Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

eloiseisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content and Violence

morganperks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment