Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

13 reviews

fantasycat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

traa's review

adventurous challenging funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, Racism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexism, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Dementia, Eating disorder, Child death, and Fatphobia

readingthief's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: War and Suicide

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Classism, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

aleareads's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Misogyny, Antisemitism, Death, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide attempt and Vomit

internationalreads's review

adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

Immensely readable but some issues with characters. Can’t wait to discuss at book club. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Sexism, and Misogyny

motherbeetle's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

I loved this book so much! It was so well written & grabbed my attention from the very start. The only reason I haven’t given it 5 stars is because of the inclusion of several cringey sex scenes involving rocket metaphors. Other than that though, it was a thrilling read! Some parts were difficult due to subject matter, but it was handled very well in my opinion. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Pregnancy, Dementia, and Mental illness

Minor: Excrement

tanouska's review against another edition

5.0

Loved this 💜

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Suicide attempt

elliethelibrarian's review

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, and Antisemitism

astrocate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

Il libro narra di temi importanti in modo scorrevole e simpatico. si parla di patriarcato, di razzismo, di misoginia in un contesto post apocalittico e ucronico. ho apprezzato davvero molto l'idea di rifarsi alla storia reale dell'allunaggio ma cambiando alcuni fattori al fine di portare avanti la narrazione; ho trovato un po' meno azzeccata la linea di trama dell'asteroide, che serve solo come scusa per dare fondi al programma spaziale ma che poi non è sviluppata: si sarebbe potuto trovare un altro sistema, dal momento che oltre a questo risulta del tutto irrilevante per la storia, se non per piccolezze. i personaggi avrebbero potuto essere caratterizzati decisamente meglio. il focus sull'ansia della protagonista è molto buono, ma i secondari sono ridotte a macchiette, senza una vera personalità e relegate alla classe che devono rappresentare (il marito della protagonista, la donna nera, l'ostacolo alla protagonista, eccetera.) Spero comunque di vedere il lavoro che sarà fatto per il prequel.