Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

24 reviews

valorelei's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

i absolutely adore will and lyra <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Death of parent

cursed10fold's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Murder, and War

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

annikthegaycat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, and Racism

silversparkles50's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was really great!
While all the information was incorporated beautifully into the story, it still felt a little more like an information dump than the first one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment

ladythana's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Gun violence and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

thehobbitbarbie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

deliriah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

atalea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

I love this series. Will is a fantastic addition to the cast of characters and the universe is greatly expanded upon throughout the book. I'm very excited to read the third instalment in the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness and Death of parent