Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Jade City by Fonda Lee

25 reviews

heather667's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Body horror, Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, War, Addiction, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Drug use, Sexism, Death of parent, Dementia, Sexual assault, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Murder, and Body shaming

Minor: Homophobia

unboxedjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Racism

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gore, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, Dementia, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing and Mental illness

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm extremely emotionally attached to all of the main characters and am a little terrified to read the next two books, not gonna lie. I think the characterizations and descriptions are so well done... ugh. I love it.

I cried multiple times at Lan's death and how people mourned him afterward as well. Oof. Honestly stunning emotional writing in that sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Drug use, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Mental illness, Murder, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Fatphobia, and Ableism

ender24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

Pretty good! Loved the characters, the plot was a tad slow to me but that’s probably from reading much faster books recently.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, and War

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Addiction, Body horror, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

jakepasseri's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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

4.25

Amazing start to the series!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Self harm, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Dementia, Death of parent, Gore, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Homophobia

griffinthief's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Addiction, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Pedophilia, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

tayanapier's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

This book is so well thought out. For something so complex, this is so well written and surprisingly easy to follow.
The world building is fantastic. 
There are complex and thoroughly thought out characters including the female characters which we love to see. 
I would just like to point out that this first novel is relatively slower paced so that we have time to soak in the world, characters and plot. 
Overall fantastic first novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Dementia

gw7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Mental illness

Minor: Pedophilia