Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

45 reviews

emmajh91's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Alcohol, Mental illness, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

frantically's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I feel asleep twice while listening to this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Mental illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Racism, and Alcohol

sevenletters's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, and Mental illness

greatexpectations77's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

I thought this was so much fun, and the author seems extremely cool. I loved how realistic the characters seemed, and I'm such a fan of a puzzle. I'm really looking forward to reading more in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Mental illness, Bullying, Child death, and Panic attacks/disorders

headinthepages's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Great until the ending in the way that I can't believe the ending even counts as an ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Racism

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

oh. my. goodness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, Cursing, Torture, Alcohol, Child death, Stalking, Kidnapping, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, and Gun violence

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A good start for the series, though it was very obvious from the text that it's a part of something bigger and doesn't really work as a standalone. The characters felt pretty shallow and stereotypically one-dimensional, but I could brush that off as the book's focus was more on the murders and the atmosphere really managed to creep me out at times — also the surroundings of the boarding school were well created and described. I'm excited to read the sequel, but I seriously hope it's got some more depth and action in it🤞🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Child death

emkaho's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Mental illness

themoodreader's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, and Alcohol