Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Song of Wraiths & Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

30 reviews

chia_pet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Mental illness, Self harm, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death

suprminny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

This book gave me a lot of hunger ganes vibes and i love the characters so much, since i could related to them especially Malik. Note to the author, please stop killing my faves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

alizam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.75

This is the example of what YA fantasy can and should be. A brilliant story that knows when to subvert and when to use standby tropes, wrapped in an immersive setting and beautiful mythology. I appreciated the way mental health was handled as well. The protagonists are flawed, yes, but deeply sympathetic and complex.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Colonisation

kharpstead's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

arkenst0ne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

abibliofile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Slavery, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Grief

unfiltered_fiction's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• 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: Death and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

boredomandwordsofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Police brutality

ladevonne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book! If you like excellent worldbuilding, awesome action sequences, and ancient magic x100, this is the book for you. Plus, I loved the handling of issues like panic attacks (as someone that used to get panic attacks), PTSD, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Police brutality