Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

110 reviews

heidiwelsch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

Way too much violence and trauma for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Abortion, Suicide, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Self harm, and Incest

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This falls in the niche genre that is “the authors love letter to their mother knowing they may never read it”. 
This book is here for all the female relationships one will have as a child and how these shape you and can almost break you. I am emotionally devastated 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Child death, Excrement, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Pedophilia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Ableism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, and Racial slurs

katebrownreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Violence

ohheytaylorrae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Incest, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

emfrmc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Death, Child death, Violence, Physical abuse, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Suicide, Self harm, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Animal death

lisa00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Abortion, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, Gun violence, Sexism, Incest, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Animal cruelty, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Rape, and Emotional abuse

sabronii's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Rape, Suicide, Self harm, Racism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Animal cruelty

themeanfrench's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Incest, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Child abuse

victoriag03's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Incest, Abortion, Rape, Drug use, and Bullying

ivbluu's review against another edition

straight up trauma porn. this book needs pretty much every trigger warning you can think of and it is not subtle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Suicide, Racism, Homophobia, Murder, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Blood, Death, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt