Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Gods of Want: Stories by K-Ming Chang

3 reviews

reading_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective relaxing medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, Car accident, Vomit, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, War, Racism, Sexism, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Excrement, and Homophobia

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Body horror, Child death, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide attempt, War, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Animal death, Misogyny, Murder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

123aah456's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Racism, Violence, Medical content, and Death