Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

87 reviews

bbyimissingu's review against another edition

funny relaxing tense 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? Yes

4.25

it's like real housewives but with gay people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia

poati's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

nina_readsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Biphobia

dododenise's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.0

The biggest problem was that I don’t like second chance romances. I saw them fall apart, I saw them hurting each other and then I just can’t be fully on board with the relationship anymore. And well, this is a romance book, so that will affect how much I like it.
I knew this was second chance romance when I went into it, however, this book was so well loved I wanted to give it a try anyway. 
But besides that, Ellie is just an older version of me (beside the fact I got GAD without the help of parental abuse, and i’m deeper into the ace spectrum than she is). I adored the way the book portrayed her anxiety. I knew from the charm offensive that Alison is ridiculously good at portraying mental illness and she did it again here.
Just personally I struggled with enjoying the story because of that, as I use reading as a form of escapism and seeing my own anxieties on the page doesn’t exactly help escaping those anxieties. 
I’m quite disappointed with the way Ellie’s demisexuality was portrayed. I would much rather say she is greysexual. Of course everyone can use those terms individually, but being able to feel sexual attraction within a few hours of building a connection seems beyond the scopes of what I see as realistic within the label of demisexuality. 

Overall, mixed feelings about this book, with very good parts and very meh parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Death

shaipanda's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-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

5.0

This book took forever for me to finish cause it returned to the library but it was worth itttt - I got to 60% before it returned and once I got it back from the library I binged it in a car ride today and finished the rest of it :) 
This book has cemented  Alison Cochrun as a must read author for me and I loved Elle and Jack’s relationship 
They weren’t perfect people and this did have the miscommunication trope but it was done well (imo) and above all I loved the relationship dynamics and personal growth in this book 🥺🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Transphobia

tinytrashqueen's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookworm247's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

milesofkiles's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Transphobia

mmalone's review

emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment