batcaves's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
amberghinii's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Self harm, Addiction, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism
jmbz38's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicide
bluejayreads's review
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Infertility, and Self harm
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Animal death, and Forced institutionalization
pplydm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The Drowning Kind was compelling and unconditionally spooky. Apparently, characters here are problematic and vehement; their responses to the circumstances are subjective. Oftentimes, the chapter's closing is in a cliffhanger. I, however, wasn't smitten with it even after I finished it. No, no, no for this.
"Your father," she'd said, "for all his complications, is the only person I ever felt whole with. Sometimes I think our brokenness held us together.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Self harm
ladylothlorien's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm
Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Grief, and Alcoholism
Minor: Pregnancy and Drug use
jerusha's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Terminal illness, and Self harm