Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

14 reviews

lvryxh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.25

read this while i was in a semi reading slump might pick this up again when im more in the mood for it 😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Chronic illness

jmanno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Car accident, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Sexual content

kat3_m's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, and Emotional abuse

charlottereadss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

!PLEASE READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK!

Wow. I really enjoyed this book, the way it's written is just beautiful and it's littered with words and phrases that have so much more meaning behind them than what the eye can see. It's very triggering, so if you're in a bad place mentally maybe put off reading this for a while until you feel like you've come out of the dark, if I was in a bad place mentally I just know I would have unfortunately relapsed. It's a great book to read if you've ever felt lonely in your life and it helped me to understand and put into words things I didn't know how to say or describe. I related to the main character, Charlie, a lot; not only do we share the same first name but we share a couple other things and I felt a really close connection to her - I want to give her the biggest hug in the world :( The only negative thing I will say though is that I feel as though in some places the story dragged on a bit and there are some things which could have been cut out, the words used to depict certain thoughts and feelings and actions are very harsh - which does add to the experience of reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Addiction, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape