Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

9 reviews

lea_fox's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

The stereotypical characters and voices in this one killed me a little but I still enjoyed the overall experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Mental illness, Death, and Colonisation

Minor: Fatphobia and Cursing

kellymoroney's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Slavery, Colonisation, Blood, Death, Racism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism and Body shaming

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

As always, excellent storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Grief, Gun violence, Trafficking, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Animal death, Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Classism, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

ashybear02's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Sexual assault, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Murder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Infidelity, Excrement, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Car accident, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, and Gun violence

brownieboo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, War, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Dementia, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Grief, Miscarriage, Sexism, and Vomit

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Slavery

Moderate: Sexism, Death, Animal death, and Alcohol

Minor: Antisemitism

arlangrey17's review

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

suz_n_van's review

adventurous challenging tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

johannab's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit