Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner

3 reviews

itsjayprobaby's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful 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

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I so, so wanted this book to be five stars, and it so nearly was.  

The beginning was difficult for me to get into.  Like the majority of Sunbringer, I found it dragged around a lot setting up for things that would later bring a lot of payoff.  Unlike Sunbringer, this issue resolved within a third of the book and once we got intk the action I was hooked.  

I didn't predict most of the plot twists, which kept it feeling exciting, and it was great to visit Irisia in this book too.  

Everything felt wrapped up well, and no plot threads felt unfulfilled.  . I hated Elo's ending in the best kind of way, in the way we read sad stories because we love being made to cry.  And the final sacr fice was something I definitely did not see coming, but I adored.  The epilogue was a nice dose of hope after it all too. 

Overall a slow start but a strong ending to an amazing trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Alcohol

merrow's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

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I found this a beautiful book to read at points, with some lush descriptions and deep and genuine character relationships. This finale does a much better job of bringing that to a larger, more desperate, scale than the second book achieves, and it’s well worth it. The political and battlefield manoeuvring are not too deep but engaging and really facilitate great character growth and tension.

The end of the book feels a bit short, with just an epilogue chapter after the climax - not too short for a single book, but it would be nice for the finale of a trilogy to take  some more time to wrap up its threads before the reader leaves the world. Skediceth’s sacrifice was absolutely the right way to conclude the plot, and hits with a lot of emotion. Elo’s losses on the other hand fell a bit too heavy and with the rush of extra pain at the end can’t be fully processed. Lastly, the book really lives up to its title and deepens the world building set up in the first book by exploring what faith really means when it can be manifested so directly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

bearilliant's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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A perfect send-off to an incredible series. I laughed a lot, I cried, I cheered, I slapped my palm to my face. The characters make mistakes in that beautiful, human way that anyone could. Every move each character makes it so perfectly in tune with who they've established themselves to be. I wish I could re-read this trilogy for the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation