Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Ese no es mi nombre by Megan Lally

28 reviews

zalikawashere's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Grief, Stalking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

scs033's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury

abbycohen03's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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This book gutted me. Can’t believe it’s the authors first book. Language could use some work in terms of wording but the plot was amazing and she never failed to have my attention from the very first line 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

this book was heartbreaking. The ending wasn’t what I was expecting and it was so sad that it wrecked me

jennboyack_scott's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

bookish_leslie's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism

Minor: Mental illness, Stalking, Car accident

Also: A r**e kit is mentioned twice near the beginning of the book (but it's not needed / nothing like that happens/happened) Biases in the judiciary system

katharina90's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Surprisingly dark and creepy for a YA novel. 

The writing was decent, although the pace dragged a bit towards the middle. The characters weren't painfully immature like they sometimes are in YA fiction.

The ending was unexpected and I really appreciated that.

Even though the story ended on a sad note, I got a sense of closure and felt like healing for the characters would be possible with time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

kimbankss's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail

thatbitchashley's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Stalking

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Car accident

mzsw2023's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

sunnidupree's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail