Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

5 reviews

bxnny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual violence, Slavery, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Murder, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Deportation, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Violence, Child death, Death, Genocide, and War

Moderate: Police brutality, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Excrement, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism

tbell0211's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

I know they can’t all have a happy ending but I was absolutely devastated by a particular major character’s ending and I felt like it was an injustice to the story as a whole 😞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Vomit, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, War, and Xenophobia

dannythestreet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Sexual harassment, Torture, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Cancer, Excrement, and Suicide

writer_a_fox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Racism, Xenophobia, Rape, War, Torture, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Gun violence

krdavis02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Rape