Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Shatter Me. Le novelle vol. 1 by Tahereh Mafi

19 reviews

hannahsquid's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

This book is short however I think it will give good insight into what plays out in the next book. I did like how it started the moment

Wanner was shot in the last book

and went on day by day in his POV. 
I did also enjoy reading some of the notebook entries it gave more character to both Juliet and Wanner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i loved hearing from warner’s side of things. really good novella getting in to his mind as well as finding out what is happening now that juliette is somewhere else and getting our first idea of what his dad is like and his past.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

balibasa's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was so good. I loved his point of view. Sooo good

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Nothing really happened, but it was an interesting character study on Warner, and I liked reading Juliette’s diary entries. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, and Death of parent

akane_readsyt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, and Murder

readwthsam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Mental illness

tsked_off's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

brooketreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed getting Warner’s perspective, especially following what happened at the end of book 1. 

Warner reading Juliette’s journal felt like an intrusion of privacy. I think it brings more awareness to him of Juliette’s mental state during her time imprisoned.

The ending of this book though.

I marked this as no diversity because we didn’t really get any new characters and it was almost completely restricted to Warner, his father, and Warner’s lieutenant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Torture

Murder of children mentioned. The child abuse was in the past for the MC.

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Murder

charliecares's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

This book really opened up my eyes to the lovely world of Aaron Warner. I especially loved the little moments that explained his routines and habits, something I always enjoy in books! I felt so emotional throughout this book and just experiencing the pain he was feeling was really relatable and heart aching. In chapter 16 where he

sets up a simulation, creates a duplication of himself and then simply makes his copy shoot him

, made me so so emotional. After 'Shatter Me', I still wasn't sold on this whole Aaron Warner Thing but after this short novella, I feel for him so deeply and am really interested to see where his plot line takes him. We're able to see that his infatuation with Juliette is something a lot deeper and personal, him

reading her journal was so interesting to see

  and really allowed me to fall in love with Juliette in a new way as well. I really did like this book and I am now slightly amused to admit that I do see the whole Aaron Warner Thing and I also love him as deeply as any other reader. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail