Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

62 reviews

sarabethcoyle's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Abortion

moonthinker's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Drug use, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse

dizzzybrook's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide

notcharlottete's review

dark slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Abortion

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

tinytrashqueen's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Mental illness, Suicide, and Pregnancy

kayleighr's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Classism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

dixiecarroll's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

that ending had me !!! Okay so this is not going to be for everyone, but after a few years navigating Goodreads I’ve figured out that books this polarizing on here always end up being my favorites. Cassie works at a toxic start up in Silicon Valley and is miserable (relatable) and she’s followed around by a black hole, which is the physical manifestation of her depression (my mom said this is also very relatable). If you work in corporate America, especially for a start up this is going to be upsetting for you, but I ate it up. Please mind there are a ton of triggers - I’m tagging them on StoryGraph. I recommended it at work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicide

whatellisreadnext's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.0

I will admit that Cassie had grown on me by the end, but the last 20 pages can't make up for the majority of the book. I struggled with the literal manifestation of a black hole to represent her depression and her very copy and paste back story. I did enjoy the weird off-base parts of the narrative, and I really liked the structure and how Etter used dictionary definitions to give the reader examples of Cassie's past life. This was clever and well thought out, and I appreciated it. I could have done without the cocaine habit. It didn't feel necessary to the story. It was just another device to show how reckless and depressed our narrator was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Mental illness

tessalexandra's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug use, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder and Body shaming

mariball's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A timely book about the effects of late stage capitalism on an overworked woman who literally has a black hole following her since the day she was born. While I found her experiences about dealing with the black hole (i.e. depression) interesting and relatable, I was let down that the major conflicts of the book didn’t span out into something more intense or worthwhile. Plus the mention of the black hole on every other page got annoying after a while, and the ending felt abrupt after such a long, slow buildup to the inevitable. However I’d still recommend this book for those interested in the “Sad Girl Literature” trend that’s happening and don’t mind a book that’s more about vibes than plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Abortion

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Drug use