Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

This Winter by Alice Oseman

379 reviews

jstone0729's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Self harm

rainbow_grace's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Eating disorder

danilo_syrtis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

shadowheart's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia and Self harm

ursa_arlo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Positives. It felt so good to dive back into the world created by Alice Oseman. I noticed while reading that I had missed these characters. Tori, Nick, Charlie... It was good reading about them again. This novella is a perfect bridge between Charlie's return from the psych ward and the events of Solitaire in which spoilers 

Charlie realises at the end of the book that Tori is struggling with major mental health issues as well which have been overshadowed by Charlie's ED

. This novella sets these events up very well and deals with the fallout of Charlie's road to recovery. I would only recommend reading this book after reading volume 2 of the graphic novel Heartstopper and Solitaire for these reasons. 

Negatives. Oliver's part was not particularly well-written. When Alice writes about him in third person, he is perfectly believable as a 7 yo but that is not the case when you read his inner monologue. 

Quote. "Charlie and I have discussed at length how it's possible for Oliver to be related to us, since he's the literal embodiment of joy and we're both miserable fucks. We concluded that he must have got all the happy genes."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Mental illness

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm

thebookkeepers's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This short novella takes place on Christmas Day & we get a chapter POV from each of the Spring siblings (Tori, Charlie, & Oliver). As always, I can never get enough of this world and characters. This story focuses on the first Christmas after Nick learns about Charlie’s eating disorder & Charlie is back home after receiving in patient care. It’s a learning process for the whole family as Charlie readjusts and also dealing with extended families. I love the focus this story gave to the sibling dynamic of Tori & Charlie. Very sweet! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Eating disorder

burnt_out_book's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-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: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

laurensgaylife's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

infjkiki's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Homophobia, Self harm, and Outing