Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson

5 reviews

cmlalonde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

thejesster's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

tabbysassy's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Part 1 was a 2-3 star story. Part 2 was a solid 3 stars. Part 3 got dark and introspective and is where I felt this story really shined. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Cultural appropriation

keen's review

emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

scylla87's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

2.75

There was nothing particularly wrong with this book. From a technical standpoint it was decently written. Many of the characters are kind of flat and two dimensional, but given that they exist as aspects of the main character that may have been intentional on Sanderson’s part. They don’t feel like real people because they aren’t real people (within the context of the story). Luckily, there are a few that reappear in every one of the novellas that make up this collection: Ivy, JC, and Tobias, which did help somewhat since a lot of the others kind of blend together a bit. A few more were slightly distinct, but all in all most of it was just one big jumble. Other than the characters the writing was okay. Not on the level of some of Sanderson’s other work but not bad. I just had a difficult time connecting with the story or the main character. I just didn’t really care so much for what happened to Steven in the end. I wouldn’t tell anyone not to read this book, because it’s not bad per se. It just wasn’t for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness