Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry

60 reviews

cewhouser7405's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Medical content, Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

bumblebre's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Rape

ashleylawrence's review against another edition

3.75

This was very kind of thought provoking I've never heard or seen this topic in this perspective before? It's obviously so horrific and I hated each character at least once in the book. I felt angry, confused, disgusted, sad, and frustrated throughout this book it evoked several emotions. I wish the ending was twist was drawn out a bit more but it also ended up about the way I figured it would.

The dad being a pedophile threw me for a loop but I didn't really ever think about that happening and being an option !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Grief, Child abuse, Suicide, and Medical content

Moderate: Mental illness, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Self harm

gnarlykaitlyn's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Child abuse, Rape, Incest, and Death

dr_readmore_17's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Please read the trigger warnings on this book. 

This book is meant to give you complicated feelings and raise questions in your mind. It would make a great book club read if your book club is okay with the dark and twisty. If you are looking for a thriller this isn’t quite that. Definitely gives you the psychological and the “twist” at the end but no thrill. Be ready for a complicated ick feeling after finishing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

landofkate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Vomit, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Death

leahpote's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Incest, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

crazybooklady89's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

5 stars because this book broke me. It is not often that a book brings me to actual tears, but this one certainly did. I could feel Adrianne’s pain…so raw and deep and moving. So many trigger warnings for this one, so please read with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Child abuse, Bullying, Grief, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Violence

agrams02's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia

turntsnacko27's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

I started reading this book knowing it would be sad. Although the ending is fairly predictable, reading it was extremely emotional. There are still a few good big plot twists that completely changed my outlook on parts throughout the whole book by the time they were revealed. 
The last few paragraphs of the final chapter had me needing to take breaks to take a breath and get a hold of myself to continue, they were so deeply emotional and a major conflict of feelings. 
Overall, incredible book. Only reason I give it slightly less than 5 stars is because I felt the first 1/3 ish to be a tad slower with lots of flashbacks and family history during a time I wanted to know more about the current timeline story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicide, Mental illness, and Vomit

Minor: Incest, Rape, and Child abuse