Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin

4 reviews

ellil0st's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, War, Rape, Mental illness, Infertility, Homophobia, Drug use, Cursing, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Injury/injury detail, Incest, Genocide, Excrement, Sexual violence, Hate crime, and Racism

kjm_x's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Pregnancy, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, Injury/injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, and War

vigil's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.75

a very strong start to an epic fantasy series. martin weaved multiple pov's, separate plotlines, and a staggering cast of characters with ease. his prose is descriptive without being overindulgent. his handling of the dothraki, and how so many women dies in childbirth is :/ his cishet white man shenanigans aside, i loved this book. even at several hundred pages (what the fuck george) heed all content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Vomit, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery

poigraph's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I read A Game of Thrones based on a recommendation so I finished the whole book because of that as well as the fact that its an easy read despite its length. However, compared to other books in this genre I would rather have spent the time on other books including rereading The Lord of the Rings or Dune again for the umpteenth time. I realize this isn't a popular view and I don't know if my high expectations for it influenced my reading when I should have just enjoyed it for itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, and Toxic relationship