Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

40 reviews

frannyd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Cursing, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Infidelity, Alcohol, Biphobia, Fatphobia, and Vomit

gentleprocrastination's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, and Death of parent

notpresent22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.5

This book is a very solid middle book. I’ll confess if it wasn’t for the characters who I have deeply loved since reading Carry On I doubt I would rate the book this high but I am biased. 
As before Rowells dialogue is funny and concise and the plot is perfectly fine. It does however make you feel like the story is incomplete and as I read and finished this before the third book was announced I was left somewhat disappointed in the conclusion. However with the context of the third book this is a perfect segue. Bridging the gap between books and offering a new backdrop to the adventures of our four main characters after Watford 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Blood, and Alcohol

breadbees's review

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Confinement, and Self harm

courtnoodles's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

5.0

THIS is what I wanted Carry On to be. Big and silly, dumb and fun, not too serious, but all heart. And hella gay.

Whoever said this was disappointing didn't read the same book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Police brutality

Minor: Stalking and Body horror

abcdfangirl's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

a_islandcriptid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Violence

20sidedbi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

Brilliant but devastating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

jc_wb's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

A great follow up to Carry On. I was getting close to the end of the book and worried it would end on a cliffhanger without resolving the story. 

It did resolve the story but still ended on a cliffhanger. Onto book 3...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Kidnapping