Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

9 reviews

naereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Death, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Car accident, Child abuse, and Confinement

bookdeviant86's review

dark sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Alcoholism, Grief, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Child death, Violence, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Gore, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Bullying, Gun violence, Incest, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

killmoore_'s review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This would have been a 5 star read if the epilogue would have been -slightly- more flushed out. So SO good. A heart pounding, gut wrenching look into the wrong side of "coming of age" and how our past will always come back to haunt us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Cursing, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Violence, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

aswinoc's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, Mental illness, and Rape

mackenzieotlowski's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Vomit, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

caerwinstorm's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, Rape, Mental illness, Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Child death, Murder, Violence, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Infertility, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Homophobia

martine3's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Cancer

middleagedbookworm's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. That was messed up. Some deeply disturbing stuff, but dang, was it entertaining!! I love the way Jennifer Hillier writes. She writes in that way that makes you want to keep reading and not stop. She weaves the past and the present timelines seamlessly and she brings attention to some debatable topics, the main one being nature vs nurture. This was such a great thriller and I will definitely be reading her entire backlist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Rape, Physical abuse, Cancer, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Murder, Abortion, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Infidelity