Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

5 reviews

ceruleanseas's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Colonisation, Death, Bullying, Death of parent, Cancer, Xenophobia, Classism, Racism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and War

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Rape

lisettemarie's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

taibreakfast's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Rape, Racism, Mental illness, Grief, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, War, Addiction, Child death, and Colonisation

mefrias's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

An incredibly harrowing but immensely important story told across generations. A catalyst to learn more about issues affecting Native American and specifically Dakhóta peoples today, which are rooted in settler colonization, genocide and forced separation from their land and families. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Child abuse, Child death, and Drug abuse

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective 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

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Mental illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Pregnancy, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt