Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Swift and Saddled by Lyla Sage

57 reviews

kristanjenkins's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Grief

embroidery_by_booklover's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Mental illness

kell_yeah_reads's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

per my spreadsheet:

the ending of this book was closer to how friends should have ended. except for Ross sucks and Weston does not even a little bit

 
I liked this book so much more than the first one and the first one was pretty good. character dev was great, just about the right amount of conflict. bring on the next book.

spice 🌶  - a 4 🌶  spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 2 days
did it make me cry? - it frickin did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

author2223's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

hjb_128's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

yoohanna's review

emotional funny relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Death of parent

maddielags's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

This was a cute sequel to the first book. It did have some lines that were the same across the two but it didn’t make much difference because it still fit in. I did enjoy the progression of the characters from the first book into the second though. It helps to tie everything together very well! Easy read and lovable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness and Abandonment

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

emilywemily6's review

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

I adore Wes and Rebel Blue, and while this was a quick and flirty read I wanted to through the book multiple times because of Ada. She only defining features are her personal relationship trauma, low self-esteem, and her inability to think decisions through before acting. About 20% of the time I could relate to some of her internal thoughts, but the rest of the time she just frustrated me. And while the main characters had really good chemistry, the way the relationship jumped from Ada trying to hate Wes to Ada letting things happen didn’t really make sense and felt out of place. She tried hard to be mean and to push people away and would run away (literally) instead of just talking. And when she did talk, she put her foot in her mouth a lot. Kind of “pick me girl” energy without the confidence. Wes is amazing and honestly deserves better 😬 I could not get behind Ada.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, and Medical content

sarahwren's review

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness