Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

123 reviews

sarahrosea's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

f18's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

uraveragelizard's review against another edition

reflective sad

4.0

I’ve had this for a while but kept putting it off bc i knew it would rip my heart out

very poignant and thoughtful. felt honest and i think this could help a lot of younger people with their own experiences of grief. parts hit home for me but the style wasn’t my favorite 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

thatrunninggirl's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Mental illness

befrazzledenby's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? No

4.5

This is the kind of book I would have devoured in high school. I felt very seen and held especially in the final chapters. Left me with a weird feeling and was at times pretty slow paced, but other than that, a pretty gentle YA read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Medical content, Blood, and Death of parent

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

A book about grief and the ways that we learn that the people we loved aren’t always who we thought they were. A tough read that was slow to start but ended beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Terminal illness

emminkirjakasa's review

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

I read a review that is 100% what i felt like with this book:
"In some ways you spend the entire length of the book, hoping but not sure what you’re hoping for. Whatever it is, you only finish with half of what you hoped for"

Not much else to add. Beautiful story about grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

verysillygoose's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide

dododenise's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This was strikingly beautiful. I didn’t expect to be taken by it like I did. The book masterfully took me along the journey of Marin’s emotions and I could feel so much with her.
The characters and their relationships were incredibly thought through and every detail seemed to work together. I’m so impressed by the execution of this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis