Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress

23 reviews

coffeecass's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Classism, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

raphynette's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

laelolou's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent

raemow's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Classism, Blood, and Dementia

addie's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

knhall14's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

The writing was nice. However, I could not bring myself to love this book. I tried. I'm fine with messy characters but I feel like there wasn't enough time with each of them to love them. There was only one character that from the beginning you get a good sense of who they are. Even though it was a 13 hour audiobook it felt too short to connect with the storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Drug use and Death

sydapel's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.25

For those who have been searching for the emotional highs and lows Normal People dragged them on, have a little treat on me. Not only is this cover stunning, the book itself is an addicting examination of love and betrayal, art and capitalism and how little morality will get you in a system designed by the wealthy. I felt oddly attached to each of the central four characters, even through their flaws and mistakes. Despite a bit of predictability, I love books that seek to unpack the utter hypocrisy central to the various systems of art under capitalism, and this really hit the spot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Death of parent, Self harm, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault and Physical abuse

bookishsapphicshay's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Classism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Suicide

luisa_he's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

sjanke2's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

 RIYL: campus novels, the art world, the haves and have nots, bisexual love triangles, Occupy Wall Street, adjectives

Casting: ironically, Phoebe Bridgers as Karina and Daisy Edgar Jones as Louisa 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Toxic relationship, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Drug use, Grief, Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Mental illness