Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Orchard by David Hopen

5 reviews

emilyacres's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Abortion, Drug use, Death, Drug abuse, Cancer, Suicide, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

basementofbooks's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abortion

smallredboy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

I read nearly half of this book in one sitting. Incredibly entrenching read, fascinating thoughts that quarrel with God in every possible way imaginable. The characters were alive, albeit some of the cast sometimes got mixed up in my head, but I loved Aryeh's point-of-view and how simply odd he was, as so was Evan. I think Evan Stark may be one of my favorite characters in fiction in a while. I love a tortured genius.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Grief

bootsmom3's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

booknerdnative's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death