Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein

3 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Despite a strange afterward, it is a rather fascinating, ambiguous novel about the perils of jealousy, teen angst, and mental illness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Sexual content, Bullying, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, and Stalking

Minor: Excrement, Infidelity, Medical content, Abandonment, and War

There are also instances of ageism, neglect, breaking porcelain, and slowly watching a close friend waste away.

ohennui's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Animal death, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Death of parent

kirstiereads's review against another edition

2.0

This book gave me dark academia vibes and Girl, Interrupted vibes with the presence of a possible vampire.  Our main character is 16 at a boarding school who believes this other girl could be a vampire.  It’s a coming of age book that adds in the possibility of vampires. This book is quite boring, but has few eerie moments that I liked and bumped my rating to a 2 star. I may have enjoyed it more if I was younger, but probably not. I picked this up because I’m wanting more vampire books. After just reading Carmilla, I appreciated the references in this book to that story.  I think the dark academia vibes were decent overall, but sadly this book just overall didn’t interest me enough and I found the characters annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Mental illness

Minor: Grief, Self harm, and Animal death