Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Cecily by Annie Garthwaite

5 reviews

kirstym25's review against another edition

informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Rape, Infertility, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Mental illness

tmickey's review

emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Rape, War, and Infertility

Minor: Murder, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Loving all the history tidbits! I’ve seen many comparisons to Wolf Hall and I agree (in a way) but for me it was more entertaining 😅 Wolf half was too much detail and too dry for my taste so this was a much more concise but nevertheless in depth story.

It was a bit of a slow start but once I got into it I simply couldn’t put it down! I enjoyed getting to know more about this part of history and Cecily herself. The characters were all well developed and strong! I really hope the author writes a sequel since the book only looks at the first half of Cecily’s life. This will be a favorite for the month and I’m ready to make the war of the roses my hyperfixation once again 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Infertility, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Rape

emily_bg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

A feminist retelling of the beginning of the war of the roses told through the eyes of Cecily Neville, who was married to Richard Duke of York and was the mother of Edward IV and Richard III 
This is an excellent historical novel with many important and bloody events, all with Cecily and her family at the heart of
The story begins with the burning of Joan of Arc during the hundred year war with France and ends with the crowning of Edward IV.
The book only chronicles the first half of Cecilys life do I really hope there is a sequel that retells the rest as she lived long enough to witness the crowning of Henry VII and the start of the Tudor dynasty 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, and War

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, and Death

jessgrace88's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and War

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Mental illness