Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai

6 reviews

jemms's review

emotional 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

3.5

3.5 ⭐, 3.5 🌶️

Characters: 1
Plot: 0.75
Pacing: 0.25
Writing style: 0.5
Vibes: 1

A tale of family drama and what it takes to heal and love despite it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

deema98's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

+ for diversity, nice to read something that. 
Maybe I expected more towards the end, but still felt like this ending was meant to be something as a new beginning for whatever we hope it is. I guess we’ll see more of them but as a sidecharacter in the other books. 

Would reccommend this one and the second one in the same series.

For the spicy stuff

type if hate sex

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexism

Mentioned and do have a say in story, but isn’t described in depth. But these things do happen or are mentioned.

martamae77's review

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Suicidal thoughts

howlinglibraries's review against another edition

5.0

 This was absolutely wonderful, even better than I hoped it would be, and I can't wait to continue the series. ♥ There was so much angst and yearning, that despite logically knowing how things would play out (it isn't Romance with an HEA, after all), I constantly found myself second-guessing whether there would be a happy ending for these two — and I mean that in a good way! I was so invested in this relationship that I couldn't help but worry for Livvy and Nicholas. Alisha Rai has an incredible way with writing and I am so excited to read more books from her.

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✨ Representation: Livvy and Jackson are biracial (Japanese/white), Livvy's mother is Japanese, Sadia is Pakistani and queer 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death

cupidities's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.5

This is high angst, high conflict, and high drama, with lots of backstory and abundant obstacles. Not my thing, but I can see why lots of readers like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Medical content

sallysimply's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved every second of this smutty, heartwarming story. Sometimes life is terrible and you hate everything and then you read romance and remember life can be okay.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Death