Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

21 reviews

lizzye33's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Grief, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, War, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

rory18's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Gore, Sexism, Slavery, Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Sexual content, War, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Religious bigotry

kooyyaa's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, and Murder

jmeier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense

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

1.5

the protagonist is incredibly unlikeable. the other characters are poorly fleshed out, and the plot is absurd.

Spoiler

3/4 of the way through this incredibly slow beauty and the beast adaptation, there's suddenly a hunger games plot? completely bizarre shift. We are also supposed to empathize with a character who threatens sexual assault, and to forgive the torture and murder of a bunch of innocents for the "greater good" . the greater good being the protagonist getting to have sex. 

sex scenes were a bit silly, but still somewhat stirring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Blood, Kidnapping, War, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Animal death, Colonisation, Drug use, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous 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

This was a reread :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, War, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

simp_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

My first reread of ACOTAR. *chefs kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Grief, Death, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Mental illness, Excrement, Gore, and Confinement

skylar17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, and Death

jessrebound's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Misogyny, Death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Physical abuse

starryophonic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

This has become a new favorite series of mine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Abandonment, and Cursing

Deals with some heavier topics and with some very descriptive content similar to the hunger games. Definitely leans more towards college age young adults than teenagers.

lizzydreadful's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Physical abuse, Torture, Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Slavery, Body horror, and Classism