Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Whit by Cora Rose

6 reviews

ravenk28's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

 I enjoyed the book but towards the end when Whit’s big secret is revealed, it was very anticlimactic for me. The main issue itself was poorly written and lacked that structural foundation that gets a reader hooked. Tbh it was kind of just messy.

And don’t get me wrong there were many aspects of the book I enjoyed like the Caleb’s family and his supportive best friend. But there were also aspects that stopped me from enjoying the book. Like how the author handled issues within Caleb and Whit’s relationship. 

It needs to be highlighted that none of the issues within this book were actually truly solved properly. They are often  ignored or dealt with by having sex.  

Another qualm I have with this book is when the author describes Caleb as not being gay but just Whit-sexual. In my opinion it was handled poorly. The author could have acknowledged Caleb’s attraction better and given readers a better understanding of what being unlabelled means.

Overall 3.5 ⭐️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm and Suicide attempt

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia, Medical content, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cancer, Stalking, and Vomit

tragicgloom's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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

A decent book but... I hated the fact that guns were brought up and some of the characters in the book are just casually shooting rifles for fun (which says a lot about some of the author's opinions...). 

Also, I couldn't ignore the unrealistic "suddenly gay for you and perfectly fine with it" characterization of one MCs. His sexuality and his journey of coming to terms with it are completely brushed aside. It is actually so painfully obvious when an author is a cis het fetishizing woman who knows nothing about queerness except how to write tons of sex scenes. 

What I also found odd was the weird attitude one of the MC's has towards a gay character who is smaller in size and wears feminine clothes. I don't know what that was all about. 

Also, I believe that both main characters would benefit greatly from some therapy.
Despite all of that, I still enjoyed this book and it made me emotional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Classism, and Medical content

breesbookmark's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Medical content, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Stalking

pill8's review

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts