Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Elektra by Jennifer Saint

14 reviews

mokiethe_dog34's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Everyone… sucked. They were all horrible people, but I guess in those days, that was considered normal? Slow-paced but well detailed and written. It’s hard to describe considering the situation at hand was very extensive, but overall it was a good book. Though I’d definitely re-read it to get a better grasp of it.

-SHOUTOUT TO MY BOI, ORESTES. he was chill-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and War

tmickey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Blood, War, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Slavery, and Confinement

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Self harm, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Slavery, Trafficking, War, and Kidnapping

motleybooksandtea's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, War, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief