Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

5 reviews

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Medical trauma, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, War, Violence, Grief, and Xenophobia

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Blood, Abandonment, and Mental illness

lennie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Violence, Animal death, Confinement, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Drug abuse, and Body horror

blackinkonbluelines's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed the characters and how they interacted together. For the first half, I found I was along for the ride just for the characters alone, and I didn't mind that there wasn't much movement plotwise. 

The second half of the book is really where the characters start working together to solve the mystery, and that was just as enjoyable to read. There was intrigue, and twists, and truth. It really took a look into human nature and human psyche. 

This story had the potential to be overwhelmingly dark, but I think Cas's arc--largely being a secret soft boy at heart--really helped to keep the book topics from becoming overwhelming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: War

h_reads98's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: War, Sexism, Mental illness, and Confinement

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was fantastical enough where it brought the sense of escapism, but realistic enough to feel the hit. I will say I feel like the author left a loose end with the whole sewing ghosts aspect, but I did appreciate how Cas went back and buried Jehan’s body and her guards bodies. With so much experience in hurt and pain and death Cas was still such a kind soul. This book had a simple feel to it like a story told around a fireplace but also it felt like Graceling to me. The main character/narrator had a simpler feel to them than in the books I normally pick up. Nonetheless this was a delightful read and I devoured it in two days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death