Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

4 reviews

scifi_rat's review

reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Ableism, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Xenophobia, Death, and Infidelity

lilifane's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I can't believe I only read this book because I needed one with "earth" in the title that was preferably short and had a blue cover. Because it is now one of my favorite reads this year, for sure.

I loved this. The setting on the Kamchatka peninsula with its nature and weather descriptions, the short insights into different girls' and women's lives, the common thread of two missing girls connecting every story/POV in one way or another, the other common thread of loss in general, the beautiful writing. I could go on like this forever. It's my favorite kind of novel. 

I loved all chapters (except one, which had a trigger for me, so I just skimmed it) and obviously wished they were longer and had more answers. I got attached to so many characters that were mostly never mentioned again. But the way the book was constructed worked perfectly well for me, so I made up my own head canon for the details we never got. And then the last two chapters made an emotional wreck of me. So, in conclusion, this was a perfect book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation and Mental illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, and Cancer

riverofpages's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.5

Very well researched book. The world building is incredible. It's one of those reads that is 100% about the journey. If you're too busy seeking the endgame, you'll miss out on all the gems scattered throughout these pages.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Mental illness

claire_s's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Trafficking, Sexism, Racism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Pedophilia