Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

103 reviews

portiarsmith's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Easily just soared to the top of my favorite books of all time. So beautifully written with such devastating heartbreak. I’m going to be thinking about Betty for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gore, Rape, Abortion, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Self harm, Miscarriage, Blood, Animal death, Racism, and Pedophilia

escsteger's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book ripped my heart into a million pieces and it also is just divinely beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Incest, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Outing, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug abuse

bethaniemae23's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

So far in my life, reading all the books I have read Betty is by far my favourite book of all time, I loved the healing nature of her dad and how great his relationship was with her 
And the cruel relationship she had with her mother who was quite clearly suffering 
Betty stuck with her through thick and thin 
I would recommend this book to anyone although it has dark tones it’s an incredible read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Mental illness

heidiwelsch's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Way too much violence and trauma for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Abortion, Suicide, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Self harm, and Incest

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This falls in the niche genre that is “the authors love letter to their mother knowing they may never read it”. 
This book is here for all the female relationships one will have as a child and how these shape you and can almost break you. I am emotionally devastated 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Child death, Excrement, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Pedophilia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Ableism, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, and Racial slurs

katebrownreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Violence

ohheytaylorrae's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Incest, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

emfrmc's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Death, Child death, Violence, Physical abuse, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Suicide, Self harm, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Animal death

lisa00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Abortion, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, Gun violence, Sexism, Incest, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Animal cruelty, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Rape, and Emotional abuse

sabronii's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Self harm, Racism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Animal cruelty