Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

38 reviews

aselin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Suicide, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Eating disorder

elysianlady's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

miz_p's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Murder

calyps04's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

3.75

The first half of the book made me roll my eyes more times than I can count, but by the end of it, I found myself tearing up a couple times. As someone who has had the same black slug eating away at my insides for years, this book warmed my heart. I love that

both Aysel and Roman decided to live in the end. That could've taken a much darker turn otherwise.

Overall, a fast read and a dark but hopeful story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

readsby_luca's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

I really liked this book, especially the first half. It described the feelings of depression in a very good way. I was afraid that the book would romanticize mental illnesses, and sadly it kind of did. The first half was very good as I said, but after the romance between them started it seemed like a relationship can fix severe mental illnesses, which I think is kind of ignorant. If you can ignore that it’s a little bit romanticized I really think it was a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Mental illness

smilinginthepictures's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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

3.5

spoilers ahead I guess
TW of course for depression and suicide...
it felt relieving at first to read the story of someone struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts because I finally felt like someone understood. But then as the story went on, I felt like everything seemed too easy. It may be selfish from me because I know everyone's experience is different, but the way the book went seemed a bit cliché, a bit like the author wanted to write the story just to make people believe there are many other choices. And it's a great message, I just think that most of the time, the battle with depression is a lifelong one, not something that stops in three weeks because of only falling in love. So this representation seemed a bit too hopeful to me for it to feel real enough

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Content Warnings

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

depression

bug_2's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Violence

literally_mint's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

sophialovesbooks's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death

selenophile_q's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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