Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

True Biz by Sara Nović

3 reviews

qkitten's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

ohheyitskaitlin's review

emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Ableism, Car accident, Medical trauma, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Blood, Dementia, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Racism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Classism, Mental illness, Sexism, Police brutality, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jarnbooks's review

emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I was super excited to read this book and it ended up being good, with some minor setbacks. It’s a classic teenager story of finding where you belong when everything you are changes and that message is clear. The switching POVs are distinct and are super easy to follow along with. Some of the characters feel as though they only have one personality trait that is their character. It started to go down a little bit towards the end, with the ending being very reminiscent of Fight Club, which was very unexpected and seems to come out of nowhere with the set up happening about 80% through. Overall, it was good. If you like slice-of-life young adult stories with a bit of a twist, this book is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual content