Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman

25 reviews

_danika's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Mental illness

althea_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

What I liked: I honestly LOVED this novel! Being told from the perspective of a 7-almost-8-year-old girl who loved words and stories and research? It was a lot of fun and super charming. Took a little bit of effort to get used to Elsa's train of thought, but it was well worth it in the end.

What I didn't like: I haven't really thought of anything I didn't like about it, if we're being honest 🤷🏽‍♀️ 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Child death

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Pregnancy, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Stalking, Mental illness, Medical content, Infidelity, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

drusilla_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, and Alcoholism