Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

28 reviews

eedle_cacleberry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy

tangerineting's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Sexual content

pandachrissan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Ein etwas anderes Romance Buch.
Ich habe es genossen es zu lesen und konnte mit mehreren Charakteren relaten. Vor allem da ich auch selber Mobbing erlebt habe und mir das Buch geholfen hat ein bisschen meine Ereignisse zu verarbeiten, auch wenn es mich ein paar Mal zum Weinen gebracht hat. Ich habe es auch geliebt, dass die Hauptcharakterin mal nicht das typische brave Mädchen war, wie in den meisten Büchern, sie war anders, sie war fehlerhaft und nicht perfekt, und genau das machte sie perfekt in meinen Augen. Jeder von uns hat seine Fehler und Macken, um es in Mishas Worten zu sagen "Everyone is ugly, the only difference is some hide it and some wear it". Perfekt fande ich auch den Charakterwandel in dem Buch, der hat mir sehr gefallen, sowohl bei Ryen als auch bei Misha. 
Und die Story, den Plot und die Lovestory fand ich besonders und schön, aber denke man hätte es alles besser umsetzen können.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Minor: Body shaming

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

laurakwiecinski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

valer1e's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Stalking

wackzo's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

whosfernn's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.75

This book feels like something straight from Wattpad, written by some 15 year old girl who's never experienced anything vaguely romantic in her life. Not a single one of the characters is likeable (except for Manny, who honestly deserves so much better). Misha serves to remind me of why I am terrified of men. His theme song might as well be Norman fucking Rockwell by Lana Del Rey. And oh my god, I can not read another 'romance' where the characters just hate-fuck a couple times and decide they're in love without sharing even a single positive moment with each other. I can't do it. I'm going insane.

It's a shame, because I wanted to like this book. I'd heard mixed things, but from what I'd heard about the plot it sounded like something I would enjoy, or at least be interested in. I was not interested. I was either annoyed or outright bored for at least 75% of this book, and that's being generous.

I do want to give the dark romance genre another shot though, so if anyone has any recommendations that are not as god awful as this book, send them my way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, and Pregnancy

amaramorgenstern's review against another edition

Toxic as fuck, mysogonistic as fuck, Creepy as fuck. Protagonistin ist wahnsinnig unsympatisch. Mit 14-16 hätte mir das Buch warscheinlich sehr getaugt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

courteez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It really dug into the nitty-gritty aspects of high school, the need to fit in and the horrid expectations we set on each other and on ourselves. I liked that Ryen wasn’t some loveable, innocent female character that most books will proceed with as most people aren’t angels we perceive them to be. I also approved of the way Misha was written, his personality truly shown through the book words making it easy to picture the person he is. The same with Ryen and being able to see her in both her ‘façade’ and the true person she is.

I’ll admit it’s a little slow at the start, and some things said are a little vulgar but it does pull you in.

The absolute revelation at the end that we find out absolutely stunned me.

This book made me emotions go from curiosity, happiness, sadness to angry in many ways.. I connected with the words written on the page and that’s what I truly love when it comes to reading. If I can’t connect to the words written, then what’s the purpose?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment