Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella

17 reviews

kier__'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

czoltak's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

carolibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence

maregred's review against another edition

informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death, and Slavery

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content

chloebear21's review against another edition

emotional informative sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Slavery, and Suicide

kc_onmybookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: War, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

meganmrutter's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

blainereads's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

This was not very good :)

There was a lot of author ignorance regarding race that came through with these characters, and not in a way that felt purposeful or that served the story — just in a way that made it feel like the identities of the characters (that is, the real life people they represented) were exploited and often made into caricatures of diverse demographics. When the POC characters weren’t being offensively caricatured, It often (if not always) felt like slapping an “Asian” or “Indian” in front of a description was more for checking boxes than offering any real depth or purpose to the narrative. White people, pay attention: this is how NOT to include diversity in your books. 

Aside from that, the way disability and mental illness was treated was uncomfortable, at best. And none of this begins to touch on to the grating dialogue and unbelievable plot and convenient plot points! I signed up for ghosts and got ill-conceived Russian spies instead  :(

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Mental illness

caroline_slaughter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kristinesreads's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt