Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

5 reviews

epellicci's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, War, Child death, Animal death, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Bullying, Murder, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

fiveredhens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

cana_merula's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The second book in this series takes the story to higher stakes. I love how the universe got expanded through the connection of the different worlds. The different plots were all interesting, even though some were more slow paced. The last two chapter broke my heart and this was the first in some time that I cried because of a book. I think that shows the writing skills of Philip Pullman and I knew this would be quite dark for a children's book, but I still wished for a more hopefull ending. But definitifly worth the read and I'm excited for the last one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: War

paduckling's review

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and War

Minor: Car accident