Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

16 reviews

zoranne's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

ursiform's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

icieri's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, War, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Murder, Suicide, Car accident, and Mental illness

katiefurms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

such an incredible and thought provoking read. i really loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, War, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Body horror, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Murder, and Suicide attempt

rebecca_bluedragonskeep_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

the end is ugh lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, War, Gun violence, Car accident, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Violence, and Toxic friendship

msawyer77's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Child death, Violence, Mental illness, Grief, and Death

kingsteph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Suicide, Medical content, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Child death, Mental illness, Grief, Genocide, Confinement, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

mothercoconuts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

OMGGG 😍 I honestly struggled to get into it for the first third and was really focusing on wrapping my brain around all the memory/time stuff but the last 2/3 oh my lord it was absolutely unputdownable!! Read pages 102-329 without stopping. 
So original, well-written, loved the explanation of the reasoning/science behind the ideas, loved the end, loved Helena and Barry omg, and all the wildly horrific things in between lol I didn’t expect it to be so heavy or to make me feel all the feels at every turn!! LOVED. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt

dannythestreet's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Self harm, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Car accident, Dementia, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Stalking, War, Addiction, Mass/school shootings, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Cursing

readerk8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow! Amazing story! I really enjoyed it. I listened to the audiobook version. After a certain point I didn’t want to stop listening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Death, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Blood, and Mass/school shootings