Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

El nombre del viento / The Name Of The Wind: Primer dia / Day One by Patrick Rothfuss, Patrick Rothfuss

17 reviews

nerdkitten's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War

niefer's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Sexual harassment

Minor: War

xjr's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The writing is fantastic! Has a magical, medieval feel to it. Lots of witty quips and poetry-esque descriptions and thoughts. The song segments were fun too!

I really enjoyed the world building as well. The nods to how language works and interacts + the way rumors became stories with specs of truth was fascinating and imo accurate.

Be warned! This book is part of a series, of which this is the first book. One sequel is available and a side story about a minor character (idk if she becomes more prominent in the 2nd book) 

This book focuses on Kvothe's past and why he is the innkeeper he is today. A majority takes place in a frame narrative about the adventure stories told about him. Mostly:

his childhood, his time Tarbean, and his time at university

. Sparsely filled with romance, which imo was the slowest and most repetitive part and could've shaved a dozen pages off of the book. In the latter half I noticed a lot of repetitions. While it makes sense in the story and narrative wise, it's not enjoyable to read to me.

It doesn't work as a standalone book either as it ends with

most mysteries open and a cliffhanger that foreshadows things to come in the second book I assume

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence

Minor: Blood, Sexual harassment

The world similarly to us has a sexist attitude to women. The protagonist fights against this. The book however does a lot more tell than show as all the women are tools or ladies in distress for Kvothe to save even if he says they are otherwise.

martinatheweirdo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I find this book to be beautiful. The way Rothfuss uses literary devices to foreshadow events and provide exposition is beautiful. Compared to other authors, I find Rothfuss’ use of exposition and worldbuilding to be masterfully crafted. If you’re looking for a slow paced and intricate look into the stereotypical hero arc story than you’re looking in the right place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Alcohol

Minor: Sexism, Religious bigotry

lunep's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Kidnapping, War

Graphic depictions of poverty and homelessness take up a significant portion of the story. Graphic description and discussion of giant spiders.

manarnia's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A bit meandering, but overall an engrossing fantasy book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War

starling_illu's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders