Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

9 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Addiction, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Violence, Bullying, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

Minor: Dementia

prairieraven's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Death, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Animal death, and Bullying

kloft1993's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Abandonment, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Classism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Medical content

marlampt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Indifferent with this debut.  I didn’t like it nor did I dislike it.   I wanted to finish the book but at the same time it dragged and I wanted it to be over.   There were some gruesome scenes that weren’t necessary and prolonged animal death that I had to skip through.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and Domestic abuse

abby_zamp_87's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

kmaron's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, and Suicide

stevielynne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

awkwardpotat013's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

tales_of_erasmo's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I'll start by saying that the writing and writing style of this book is really damn good. It's simple, yet poetic. It's not much of a plot driven story, but rather a character driven one. You have to really enjoy contemporary fiction to appreciate this book. I say this because it's a bit slow and predictable at times, but the writing keeps you immersed in the story. The ending disappointed me and also confused me. However, after doing a quick google search of an old "movement" I wasn't familiar with, the ending made more sense, but was still disappointing. The book was honestly pretty good until the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt