Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan

59 reviews

ashsparrow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Mental illness, and Outing

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Torture, and Violence

pey333's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Outing and Homophobia

swiftie_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Torture, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

frantically's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

What a fun read! This brought back all the love I have for these characters and I'm so glad we got to spend a whole book with Will and Nico. Their relationship was handled really well and we got to see them be teenagers in their first relationship while also dealing with much harder topics. 

Of course, a lot of it was pure nostalgia. I don't pick up a lot of middle grade anymore, so there are some things I struggled with. The build-up to the fight with Nyx was really good but the battle itself was disappointing and gave me Gaia flashbacks. I also wish we could've seen more character development from Will instead of just Solangelo relationship development and a lot of Nico development. We've already been through that! Give me more Will content 😭

I'm also not the biggest Bob fan and I don't understand all the hype about him which probably didn't make me the target audience.

My favourite parts were probably all the times we learned about how Nico and Will got together, their first kiss, first date etc. I must've read at least 100 different "Three Days In The Infirmary" fics since 2016, so it was nice to get some definite answers after all this time. I was worried that all those infos wouldn't feel natural in the story but Riordan found a good way of working around it.

Despite its faults, still a must-read for all of us former depressed emo kids who were a little too obsessed with Nico di Angelo.

(Don't know about you but now I'm more of a Will girlie. Is this healing?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Outing, and Death of parent

kendal_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 Blood

Moderate: Mental illness and Outing

brekker_by_brekker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

NICO DI ANGELOOOOOOOSBFJSKDHJDJ SOBBING CRYING FALLING OVER INTO A LITTLE PILE OF TEARS WANSGDJSNFHDKSJDHDJSJDH

give me like 3-5 business days to decide whether this is a 4.75 or a 5⭐️ just. god.. i’m. nckdhfkdjdhfjdkdnot okay rn nico my boy omg :((((( <33333

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Dementia, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, and Gore

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I appreciate this effort to address the trauma of the previous books and to deepen the queer relationship. Also, despite the bleak setting, I did appreciate the moments of humor that still managed to shine through. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Murder and Panic attacks/disorders

magdalena0325's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I cried when I finally hold it in my hands. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Outing