Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

55 reviews

jennalise13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

damn what a slow burn but tate and penny’s chemistry was so good. also love a complicated mother daughter relationship!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

r_a's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

alisonchen's review against another edition

emotional sad

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Perhaps I just don’t like this genre, but this book follows fanfic tropes beat-by-beat, which felt repetitive. The main problem is that I didn’t like the characters. Penny is insufferable and Tate is long-suffering; I honestly couldn’t tell why she liked Penny so much. I liked their friends, but side characters can’t make up for an annoying first-person POV. I skim-read through most of the family troubles and traumatic backstory.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

zaesbookshelf's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Sometimes YA hits so hard, so perfectly, that you can’t help but love it. This book had me laughing, crying, kicking my feet in excitement. Yes, it is a cute, sapphic romance, but is so much more than that.

The author does a wonderful job touching on all the hard topics: grief, trauma, ptsd, the hardships of medical needs when you’re not rich, the complications of parent-child relationships, the fear around knowing (but never fully knowing) how someone feels about you, the power of found family. 

It’s just — so good. It will make you feel all the feels - good and bad. But in such a way that has you always looking to hope. 

Definitely going to be in my top books of the year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

evelynyle_88's review

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

abookwormspov's review

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

deideo's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

lizsmithson's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was not what I expected. It was definitely heavier than I thought it would be but I found that I really enjoyed how it developed and was mostly satisfied with the ending. Overall a good read but be prepared for it to be sad and heavy at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

whosfernn's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

 Cute at times, but absolutely heart-wrenching as well. What a good book to kick off pride month. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting