Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

498 reviews

audreyy7's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I tried reading this book shoot a year ago but put it down because of how heavy it was. I picked it back up and finished it in a few days because it was so welling written, raw, tense, and real. This might be the best portrayal of mental illness, addiction, and a toxic relationship I’ve ever read. However, due to the content, I’d recommend checking the extensive trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Drug use, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

sing1133's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

kayleejanes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Self harm

sharlapeggy's review

dark hopeful 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: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Car accident, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, Rape, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Medical content, Blood, and Abandonment

swagmastersero's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The read left me satisfied. It's a dark book covering a range of topics from homelessness to identity, with a large group of characters that all equally have their own hopes and dreams. Beautiful storytelling that made me feel for every character, and the ending leaves just enough to the imagination that a second book isn't necessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Suicide

fuqing_god's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction and Medical content

_mia_melina_'s review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcohol, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

oliii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Body shaming, Rape, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Grief

reading_rubies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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: Suicide, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Trafficking, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Minor: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing

rat_shell's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicide attempt