Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

7 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Rose spent so much time running in circles and getting side tracked it was annoying. Don’t expect her to see Dimitri until about 325 pages in. From there though things are intense. The nice thing about the slow beginning was there was more you learn about the vampire world in general. The ending is wild so be prepared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Classism and Kidnapping

hoffmann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

not as good as the last one, or the first one, but better than the second. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Self harm, Classism, and Mental illness

the_escapist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

Minor: Forced institutionalization

tiana_king's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

4.0

Slow

Rose spent so much time running in circles and getting side tracked it was annoying. Don’t expect her to see Dimitri until about 325 pages in. From there though things are intense. The nice thing about the slow beginning was there was more you learn about the vampire world in general. The ending is wild so be prepared.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Sexual content

martamae77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual violence and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide attempt and Mental illness

beaudoindani17's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Grief, Cursing, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

nxclx's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The book is really good, except the pacing is a bit off and it kinda messed it up for me personally. The beginning is great, and then the middle starts to drag, before the ending speeds by (while taking a while to finish). Theres a lot of world expansion and new characters that work in some places (Abe, Belikovs, Oksana and Mark) and don't work in others (The Unpromised). Excited for reading fresh books and finishing it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence