Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

4 reviews

ginbat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Death of a parent:

parent dies during childbirth

Violence:

there's a scene where people invade and staple someone's hand to something

Drug use:

both parents and children use drugs recreationally, parents addicted to cope w life

HARDCORE SPOILER:

suicide:

it's implied that the parents commit mass suicide

sarahjulianna's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Vomit, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

atamano's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

bugmanreads's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content