Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

4 reviews

da3m0nic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, War, and Classism

netflixismyroommate's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book does what it sets out to do: tell a medieval fantasy war story. It’s just not attempting anything particularly original. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, War, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Mental illness, Slavery, Cannibalism, and Colonisation

Minor: Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

apiecalypsejen's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

The First Law trilogy is my favourite of the two trilogies that take place in this world. The characters are definitely flawed, each of them in their own way with not one of them being clear or free of some kind of barrier or encumbrance to you calling them your "favourite" without some reluctance or guilt (aside from

possibly Brother Longfoot

). This story sets up the next two books, which means it is a lot of establishing of relationships, characters, and the basis for the

journey/war

that comprises the second book. It's a great story about men in their 20s, and how they can be hardheaded and too arrogant, and where that can take them, as well as has two excellent and deep woman character in Ferro and Ardee. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape

13octopus's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Excrement, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Death of parent