Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Damnable Grace by Tillie Cole

3 reviews

hilary89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

I’ve always been fond of AK so I was l looking forward to this one. It was absolutely heartbreaking the way both AK and Phebe coped with PTSD and survivors’ guilt. The plotline of the women getting kidnapped and the guys having to come save them is getting a little repetitive… but tbh, I love that trope so it doesn’t bother me much. I do wish there had been a way for them to rescue all of the women who were trafficked, but maybe that comes up again in later books. Overall, I loved this installment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Mental illness, Confinement, Grief, Addiction, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Racism

elisa_shae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I liked this book more than I thought I would. AK previously wasn’t very fleshed out, and so to actually meet him and see how much of a teddy bear he is was nice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Child abuse, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

_mad_reads_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence