Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

5 reviews

bella_t_16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death, and Abortion

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Gore, Pregnancy, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape and Medical content

espressoreader's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.5

He is so poor he never had a Christmas gift, but he was in Boy Scouts. 😂🤣😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

Minor: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Classism, and Mental illness

jwill583's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Grief, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Rape

hkburke2's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I read the whole thing, mostly because it was audio and it was recommended to me... This was not tense or thrilling and the racism and sexism and toxicity in the relationships started to feel unintentional which is... Just icky. Not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Xenophobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, Sexism, Abortion, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Confinement, Classism, Chronic illness, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Stalking, Rape, and Police brutality

dbinfet22's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Cursing, and Mental illness

Minor: Pregnancy

Stockholm Syndrome