Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden

4 reviews

mobymaize's review

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

Simply wow. A very beautiful book :)

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fareehareads's review

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

4.0

Tillie Walden's work always hits right in the gut. No other comic artists' work makes me feel the way her books make me feel. She's able to create such silence, such expansive space, tension in a way that leaves me floored every time. I am always left feeling happy that I met each character and wishing I had more time on the page with them.

Definitely check the trigger warnings for this one, I unfortunately did not and it brought up some rough memories for me. 

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tombstonesleep's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Read this the first semester of my freshman year of college; it reminded me of my first love, so that's something.

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kleinearmee's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0


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