Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

6 reviews

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Classism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

hkingcrab's review

challenging emotional sad fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Police brutality, Violence, Grief, Racism, Cursing, Mental illness, Blood, Ableism, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

snowydaze's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Fantastic book! I'm surprised it doesn't get recommended more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Grief, Murder, and Police brutality

nervousyoungman's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

Moderate: Deadnaming, Ableism, Transphobia, Mental illness, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Vomit, Confinement, Body shaming, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Car accident

megplant's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

alisazhup's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

-Not a fan of how this author wrote their disabled character
-Some things just seemed like technological inaccuracies.

The whole metal detector part was not the most believable to me

-The main characters weren't exactly one dimensional, but they were written as perfect and faultless (except for Esperanza) which made for boring reading sometimes. It was hard to connect with anyone

I liked the diverse cast of characters, the social justice plot, and

that the end wasn't wrapped up in a perfect bow

. I know some people say that it was unrealistic for Moss and his friends to experience no homophobia, especially at school, and I agree, but I don't think it's a flaw. It's actually refreshing to read about someone who uses they/them pronouns, for example, and is never misgendered or deadnamed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, and Misogyny