Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

5 reviews

smasson13's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book. 

It is so faced paced, I read it so quickly, yet it feels like it took years out of my life to sit with these characters. 

At the start, I may have gotten a little lost between who was who and where everyone was, but the character list and map were very helpful. 

Really this book was a beautiful reflection of being a young person, with a foot in the adult world but not all of the pieces. It was soft and heartfelt and made my soul hurt just a little...but in a good way.

I would love to teach a book like this to teenagers, I think it would really help young people feel seen. 

Absolutely read this book. 

Note: while the topics of this book are very heavy, it's written in a lyrical way through the eyes of children, so there is a heavy weight to these topics...yet nothing is graphic 

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beyourbestshelf's review against another edition

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

5.0


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greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5


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brookey8888's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

3.0

This was fine. I didn’t know what it was about I just heard people talking about it forever ago. I did like how all the POVs connected at the end. I liked the characters and their stories and how they grew. I do wish we got more of the history and cultural aspects. I liked the message and lessons of the book

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penofpossibilities's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

3.5 stars. The writing is beautiful. I realised I'm not the biggest fan of intertwining stories though. They just seems so coincidental and unrealistic often. 
I don't know what this story is trying to tell me, I think some message of hope and connectedness? Dora's story made me cry.
Uhhhm might update this review once i've gathered my thoughts haha. 


I probably forgot some trigger warnings 😬 lmk if I need to add any!!

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