Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Magpie by Elizabeth Day

81 reviews

margaret_k30's review against another edition

Too anxiety inducing and was uncomfortable with some of the plot points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Rape, and Pregnancy

sianh77's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Really unexpected plot twist, kept me gripped!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Infertility

lka2's review against another edition

mysterious

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility and Mental illness

lizardqueenlazerbeam's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Abandonment, Blood, Infertility, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

sardinetin's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Infertility

Moderate: Infidelity

devmin's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Didn’t see the twist coming and glad it ended happily

but just didn’t like the story/characters as felt nervy and uncomfortable reading it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Infertility

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

mve94's review

emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Infertility

rosiebethreads's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I will never be sure where I stand on psychosis as a plot twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Infertility, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cbillo17's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyed the twist in this book, deals with fertility/infertility issues, mental health issues. Well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Infertility

Moderate: Gaslighting

lynds_13's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Overall I liked this book. It was pretty fast paced. The twists in the book were good, and well thought out. It got a bit slow in the middle but did pick back up. I enjoyed the characters for the most part minus the mother which is a given. Overall a decent fast paced psychological “thriller” 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy