Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

5 reviews

lkjones19's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Racism, Stalking, Self harm, Grief, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Violence, Child death, Suicide, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Cancer, Car accident, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Alcoholism, and Lesbophobia

mraddd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Child death, Suicide, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Sexism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Stalking

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Racism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

Minor: Stalking, Infidelity, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Murder, and Chronic illness

nicolaparty's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Xenophobia

atsundarsingh's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved this book so much. It does light-hearted family drama. It does humour. It does mystery. It does feminism. It does upending cultural scripts. I think the mystery and character development were good, and hey! a story where older ladies are frank about sex? Hilarious and delightful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Mental illness, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse