Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

21 reviews

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

birdy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

laurajones's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Self harm, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Cannibalism

annuich's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lucilaroife's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

atrkula's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

2.75

As promising of a book as this looked, it just wasn’t my cup of tea. I felt like I was supposed to ship the main characters together,  but there wasn’t really any reason to actually care about their relationship. Some of their decisions just seemed dumb. And everyone was in love with the female character for no reason. I also didn’t fully get how the virus seemed to both make some irrational but also allowed them to have enough wits to literally track someone down, and wait outside for a specific person. I would think this sudden madness would be less rational. The AI was interesting but that was where my interest ended

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

redraven91's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

caoimhe9876's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

athousandlives's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

I wolfed this one down in three days. I had a bit of trouble getting into the story at first, but then the pace quickened (and the death toll grew bigger) and I couldn't stop reading. 

The format was very original and funny to read. The dialogues in the chats were sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching, and were my favourite to read. 

I really enjoyed the plot-twists as well, especially the Ezra-is-dead one, and I was a bit disappointed when a/Kady miraculously recovered from the Alexander destruction and b/we found out that Ezra was alive as well. I mean, I love those guys and I'm glad I can read about them too in Gemina, but I think I would have liked it even more if they had their tragic, star-crossed lovers end, both as heroes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent