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Glitterland by Alexis Hall

23 reviews

howdydoo22's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Sexual content, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Mental illness

dexlud's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A nice, well written book with a romance that starts out happy, then goes sad, and then becomes happy at the end. My main complaints are how the book deals with sensitive topics like depression and anxiety, mentioning them in places where they didn’t contribute anything to the story. It feels like they were randomly put there. Another annoyance is the dialogue, which feels incredibly forced in most places. There is also a sex scene in literally every chapter. Overall, a fun read that did make me laugh a bit, even with some quite big flaws.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia

rachelizx's review

dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

shleepymj's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

leaf_arrow's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Classism, Self harm, and Mental illness

sabinehunter's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

jencolumb0's review

dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

Parts of this book are hard to read, particularly if you have any direct or tangential experience with depression. Nonetheless, it all ends up okay and is a tender love story, which makes the difficult bits thoroughly worthwhile. (The easy, rooted perspective of Darian’s glitter pirate helps too.) The insight into the experience of depression and what it takes to re-establish oneself among the living is particularly important to have depicted in literature and I am glad that Hall has done so here.

As a Hall fan who read Boyfriend Material first, I thoroughly enjoyed the annotations to/extras included in this edition. Though they occupy different worlds, it was fun to see thee bits of Luc and Oliver rooted in Glitterland. Definitely a worthwhile read on multiple levels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Classism, Alcohol, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Medical trauma

purplepaperback's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

carliejenkins24's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Addiction, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

zoe_o_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

At this point, I am willing to try any Alexis Hall title I come across. I have never been disappointed by this author's ability to create real, flawed, and beautiful characters, their ability to inject wit and emotion into their stories, and their ability to make me cry. Glitterland was no expection. 

Ash is a bipolar depressive with crippling anxiety. As you might imagine, he's struggling. And a relationship is the last thing he wants. When he goes home with sparkly "glitter pirate" Darian for a hook up, he's frightened by how comfortable he is with sweet but odd pirate annnnd he sneaks out before morning. 

But he can't keep Darian out of his mind, or out of his life.

This book had me ugly crying, not just from some beautiful scenes, but from the poetic but painfully accurate descriptions of living with chronic anxiety and depression. 

100% worth the read. 

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide

The main character is bipolar. As such this book contains mentions of manic episodes, as well as panic attacks, depressive thoughts, and chronic anxiety. The MC attempted suicide in the past, and acknowledges this to other characters, but does not include graphic descriptions. All mental illness content was handled respectfully, and the author includes more specific content warnings at the beginning of the book.