Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Vampire Academy - Blutsschwestern by Richelle Mead

70 reviews

judithprr's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm

joyfulfoodie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious 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: Yes

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This was an enjoyable low thinking book. Learning the three main groups (basically live vampires, dead vampires, and the half vampire class that supports and protects the live ones) was a bit of a struggle for me. I’ve definitely got down the dead ones now since they are villainized frequently (and not unfairly so far). There are definitely a few reveals that I saw coming. But I’m pretty sure this is YA fiction so that’s understandable and fine. I’ll continue the series and that doesn’t feel like a burden. 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Classism

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol

queerandweird's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I can imagine the author writing this book in sections with different voices, almost as if challenging her writing from various perspectives and venues - it seems disjointed at times & I think the editor could've helped more with the flow, her second book already has a more unified voice. 

I skipped about a third of this bc YA is dull, cishet YA romance is even duller. Fun for vampire lore, loved the female BFFs and their focus in the story. Has been fun for research on drama of fantasy royalty, and inspires me to write more!

Reminiscent of Buffy; I dig this TV series A LOT - maybe moreso than the way the books have the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness

abby_can_read's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I thought the book was alright. The writing isn't bad and I find the characters to be rather interesting. I thought the pacing was rather slow and it didn't really pick up until the last few chapters. I don't care for the relationship between Rose and Dimitri. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gore, Self harm, Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Car accident

Minor: Death, Death of parent

geng01's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Torture, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Cursing, Death, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War

faelsafe's review against another edition

1.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is certainly one of those books that I know I would have ate up in high school, but reading it now is like reading the pilot script for a CW show, plus

Rose and Dmitri's relationship just gives me so much ick.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Kidnapping

zoeelora's review against another edition

1.0

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

dunderdorian's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood

rosedraven's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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story was enjoyable to read, but i didn’t really sense a strong plot in some areas of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt