Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Dry by Jane Harper

2 reviews

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Slow, atmospheric, mysterious. I enjoyed the setting and the characters. I enjoyed the flashbacks and the hints. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Incest, Homophobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Animal death, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Outing, Death of parent, Dementia, and Misogyny