Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

152 reviews

_pauline's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I really like how the characters in Alice‘s books often tend to be aware of any unfair judgement/thoughts they’re having. They still feel that way & no one’s invalidating that; but they acknowledge when they’re being unfair and then try to deal with their feelings. 
For example

when Charlie says Nick is right to be excited about going to uni, and he knows he shouldn’t resent that, but that’s how he feels nonetheless

In general, I think her books are great examples for YA stories with a good mixture of immaturity/relatability/honesty and maturity/accountability/character growth

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Bullying

elysianrogue's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness and Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia

olivetree_28's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

danilo_syrtis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness and Eating disorder

alexutzu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

A quick, short read about a wholesome relationship between young people. Sprinkled with different matters related to LGBTQ+ struggles, teenage issues and mental health, this is a cute book that encourages to always strive for the best in relationships, after all.

😍 The good:
The outlook on relationships was rather positive and the main characters evolved in a good direction. From being insecure and bickering to solving conflicts and understanding each other, we get to follow a sweet love story. The book is relatable for its age group and is written in a nice style, expressing also some deep ideas.

😅 The not-so-good:
Not that much to say here: the story contained some unhealthy behaviours as well, but those are not that surprising considering the characters' age. This is also one of the first books from the Heartstopper franchise, so obviously it's not the best one out there, being still somehow simplistic and too short to develop too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness and Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

lilnoosh's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness and Eating disorder

goobergio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Sexual content

laurensgaylife's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content

willowlywillow's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia

perleerose's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

Yet another book full of Nick and Charlie being cute together. Makes me interested to see what we are gonna see in Vol 6 of Heartstopper.
The font size and spacing in this book is crazy, I sped through it like it was nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder