Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

17 reviews

bookedupchick's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, and Death of parent

abby2207's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide and Death of parent

chronic_listener's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

sam_011195's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism and Cancer

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

mollywoolven's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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

This is a lovely forgettable book. I normally tell my boyfriend what happened when I finish a book but all I knew was that I liked it and I could remember small bits but not all of it.  It had me laughing out loud, the smut was the right amount for this sort of book and there were so subjects that were quite hard hitting but handled in such a beautiful way. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kharri13's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

4.75!!!! OH THIS BOOK WAS GOOD. GREAT BANTER. AMAZING STORY LINE THE RELATIONSHIP BUILD UP WAS SO LOVELY. I JUST LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS UGH. IT COIPDVE BEEN LONGER HONESTLY ID SUPPORT RHIS BOOK BEING 400 PAGES. I just loved how they worked and grew together and supported each other immediately. Ooooh some of these moments had me CRYING he loved her so much he didn't feel like a person before her she finally felt seen as a human being and not a someone who was disabled. Im gonna kill someone maybe myself I was smiling so hard reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

imtryingtoread's review

emotional funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Ableism, Medical content, and Alcohol

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

carolinereadsalot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

3.5

Cute read! Felt like a bit of a new take on accidental pregnancy. I don’t normally read very many books with that trope.. but I liked it! The MMC and FMC were lovable. I really like the way their physical disabilities were presented. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was so disappointing. I liked the disability rep and Bo was a pretty great MMC, but that's pretty much all this book had going for it for me. Win and her friends were very immature and annoying. I didn't like that Win said she was on birth control even though she often forgot to take it. I also thought it was incredibly stupid that the main couple didn't consider doing anything else to prevent pregnancy, like pulling out, doing something other than P in V, stopping and going to get condoms, getting Plan B the next day, etc. Then Win was so shocked when she ended up pregnant, repeatedly saying it can't be possible. 

The whole book felt very preachy about the joys of motherhood and how becoming parents changes people for the better. It felt like it wasn't an accident that Win's childfree friends were made to act so immature. There were so many cliche, mushy sentiments about their baby and their family that I felt like I might as well have been scrolling through my Facebook feed. Maybe this all comes with the territory for pregnancy trope books and if so, I guess I'll continue to avoid them.

Win decided to keep the baby without any plan for how to provide for it on her minimum wage salary and then whined a lot/resisted whenever Bo wanted to help provide for her and the baby. At one point she even got mad and there was a very long scene where she argued with him because he bought her something. This was incredibly annoying. It also felt like Win only found strength and self worth through her relationship with a man. 

I never felt much chemistry between the leads. They felt like friends, not a romantic couple. I think too much time was spent on the pregnancy and baby stuff that there wasn't enough time left for relationship development. The book told us they were in love instead of showing them really falling in love. 

Bo was a good character for the most part, but he felt underdeveloped. I think this book would have benefitted from being dual POV. I liked how sweet he seemed and how nerdy he was, but I didn't care for how domineering and possessive he got sometimes. 

Overall, I wanted more plot and more romance in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, and Abortion