Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Nevermore Bookstore by Cynthia St. Aubin, Kerrigan Byrne

11 reviews

casleigh's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Ableism, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

mels_reading_log's review

funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

Katie looks forward to Thursday nights when her mysterious favorite customer calls and puts in an order and flirts. She is picturing him as a rich book lover, who lives in a huge house with a library and who wears a smoking jacket. But Fox’s truth is waaaaay different than what she assumes, but can she fall in love with his reality instead of her fairytale?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

kyleethecatlady's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: War and Death

tspice24's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Torture

goldensisyphus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing tense 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

5.0

So glad I found this book! Not only are the story and the characters addictive and well-developed, but the writing is well done and FUNNY! I laughed out loud several times and truly enjoyed reading this. The book flew by and I will definitely be thinking of Fox and Caty for a long time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Fatphobia, Stalking, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

mabellene's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Chronic illness

Moderate: War, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infidelity and Drug use

daniquevdijk_'s review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-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

4.75

Really loved this! Had this ARC for a while, should've picked it up way sooner. Read this in one night, no regrets :')

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Confinement, War, Stalking, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

caseymac's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Terminal illness, Mental illness, and War

jjohnston_05's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring fast-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

3.0

I really wanted to enjoy the book, I really did. First things first, Cady’s chronic illness was portrayed fantastically. She was funny and hopeful and battled so hard each day to live her life to the fullest. Fox was also in a battle of his own. He was trapped inside his own mind, yet clung to one phone call each week. 

And I think that phone call is what frustrates me. We never find out how or why he started calling. I also don’t know exactly how to describe what I’m feeling, but I felt as though everything was fairly surface level? The emotion was there, but it never really felt super deep for me. The who plot outside Cady and Fox was forgettable and I couldn’t keep myself in it. I love the two of them, but the plot never sucked me in. 

I received an ARC of this book through NetGalley and my reviews are my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Chronic illness

Minor: Torture, Stalking, and War

yoitsabelina's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK. I was granted this ARC from NetGalley to read and for my first ARC experience it could not have gone better. It really had everything I love in a romance, witty banter, non-stop sarcasm from the friend group, a diverse group of friends in age, experience, etc. This group kept me laughing through the whole book. The physical tension between the two main characters was palpable. The verbal celebration of a larger body was top tier for me as a plus-size women. The nerdy book references and the Taylor Swift reference is an instant win for me. 

My only cons were two jokes in the book that didn't quite land. The one about MeToo and Colin Kaepernick.

As a whole this gave me 5 star feelings!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, and Chronic illness