Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

6 reviews

rustedguina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

I have adhd, and honestly this authors depiction of adhd was kind of annoying to me. I knew everything they were talking about and they kept saying the same things over and over again about the character’s adhd. It made it seem like this horrible burden, and while it times it can be it is also not all of the time. While the main characters have marginalized identities the author often focuses on the bad parts of these identities and it is not written in an empowering way. That being said I did like the overall theme and message about dealing with your emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Transphobia, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

janiscox's review

emotional informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

A great book about gender diversity, beurodibergence and mental health. Took a bit to get into because I'm not very adept at colour names, but worth the read. Very touching end and a book I could have done with when I was a teen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Racism

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Classism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Stalking, and Grief

siriface's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Transphobia

oliverreeds's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.75

i fought with this rating and im still unsure in my decision but im sticking with it for now. the dialogue was good, the scenes were great, the mix of lake and reality and the characters were phenomenal. sometimes i just got a bit frustrated with how much the author leaned on adhd and dyslexia for these characters. it sometimes felt like there wasnt anything else to them and maybe that was the point— that your brainscape makes up and defines your reality but i think it may have been better to also focus on things the characters do that werent particularly relevant to their neurodivergency. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Violence, and Ableism

shlymiller's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Mental illness

dhwani's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, Ableism, Bullying, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism and Dysphoria