Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

18 reviews

gabi_w21's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Juliette is one of the most self-pitying, boy-obsessed idiot I’ve ever read. She’s so busy wallowing in self-pity and she’s reckless and doesn’t think her actions through. For about 50% of the book, she mopes and whines about Adam and how she’s a monster and how everyone is mean and she doesn’t care about anyone except Adam. She spends all of her time ignoring everyone at Omega Point, refusing to interact with anyone that wasn’t him. She even forgot he has a little brother! It really irked me the way she yelled at Castle, a Black man, but then let Warner, a white boy, say whatever he wanted with little interruption. I do like Juliette finally getting over her self loathing and pity part thanks to best boy Kenji, who I love with all my heart. Warner, on the other hand, was kind of meh. The entire drama of Juliette/Aaron/Adam kind of overshadowed the plot. If Adam had just told her what was going on, a lot of things would’ve been easier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, War, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Abandonment

brooketreads's review

emotional sad 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

This is my second read of this book. Here was my GR review (I gave it 5stars):
I am loving this series! This book had so many moments where I was listening and my mouth was hanging open. So many twists. The heat… well it was there, but it’s set to a low simmer. And I’ll just say it, I’m team Warner.

Not sure I have anything to add to this review this time around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and War

Moderate: Mental illness

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Sexual content, Child death, and Chronic illness

hiraeth_'s review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I had a great time reading this, it was quite emotional but also funny, exciting - and sometimes a little bit cringe. The MC was either very scared, very angry or very horny, not much inbetween. Then again, she is a traumatised teenager so I guess that makes sense. I liked the side characters a lot. There was one instance where I thought the writer was being really racist?? I don't really know what was going on there. There were more plottwists than in the first book, some of them were surprising and some of them I had already anticipated, it was okay.

Adam gave me really strong Gale/Jacob vibes right from the start, if you know what I mean.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

awxiee's review

challenging emotional tense slow-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

2.75

every time Juliette and Adam makes a scene in public I get major second hand embarassment that i had to stop reading the book for an hour

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Death

limitlessreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense fast-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

4.5

This book added a lot of character development to all of the characters. It gave me insight on how each character acts and a little insight on why they are doing it. Even though the series is Juliette's pov, I feel connected to each character. Kenji is my favourite by far & Warner has now taken up a special place in my heart. Adam is such a good character and his brother, James, is such a cutie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War

julia87's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

What I’ve concluded this from reading this book: I must have a thing for psychotic guys? Anyway, Warner tugged at my heartstrings throughout this book and I loved his character development. 

 Juliette is finally becoming a character I’m growing to love. The first book mainly showcased her standing in the sidelines, which though made sense for her character, was starting to get old. 

This story is one of mental and physical resistance. What I like about Juliette as a character is she’s never been one to be like “I’m so tough because of what I’ve been through.” What she has experienced in her life is extreme trauma. No one would be able to turn around from that without severe mental health consequences. This story is not her shoving away her trauma, but starting to embrace what happened in the past and not exactly “overcome” it per se, but realize that it’s always going to be a part of her life and she can’t change that, but she can keep moving forward. 

I would highly recommend continuing on this series even if you weren’t the biggest fan of the first book, trust me it gets better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping and Suicidal thoughts

roseamillerg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm