Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

123 reviews

reading_in_genes's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail

marissagero's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

4.0

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Excellent. Read in one sitting whilst delirious from back pain. A more than welcome respite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol

auntierarareads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

3readingcircus's review against another edition

3.0

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really enjoyed the newbie, exploration in the beginning and thought it was cute. Anyone scandalized by this book never visited ao3 or ff.net. 

FMC had literally dozens of Os. She should be studied by scientists, truly. 

The OW drama really soured this book for me in the last third. It was bad enough that FMC was constantly worried what she would think early on, but then they both started prioritizing her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming, Colonisation

Author's note: this work contains consensual and negotiated explorations of kink—in particular, of power exchange.

valele17's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

cdobbertin's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I felt the kink representation in this book was amazing

I wish Ali would have included the kink list for both Scarlett and Lukas though!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

eprevost's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

kateb15's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Stalking, Death of parent