Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon

6 reviews

mollyelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

WHAT DID I SAY? Every book is better than the last! This is a lot slower in pace, and needs to be to show Paige’s recovery and struggle with PTSD from the end of the previous instalment. It also allows time for the relationship between Paige and Warden (now ARCTURUS 😍) to blossom and develop into something truely beautiful. Their relationship is so tender and supportive, and they bounce off each other so beautifully. The lack of most of the supporting cast from the previous novels leaves time for their romance to blossom. However just because the romance is sweet, doesn’t mean the book isn’t heart-wrenching and devastating. The twists are immaculate as always, and a specific third act red herring moment made me SOB MY EYES OUT, as i briefly believed it to be true, as Paige did. I am especially excited to revisit this in May when the revised editions are released, as I rushed my reading as I was moving overseas and didnt want to bring the paperback with me just for the sake of the last 75 or so pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Hate crime, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

barda's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

Ending emotionally destroyed me 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

bennispizza's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Violence, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Gun violence

charlottesomewhere's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

I do not know what I just read. Obviously, it's another amazing book in the Bone Season series, stunningly written with a brilliant plot. But I am now broken and I might never be okay again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Violence

forthesanityof1's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

This book.
Holy shit.
This fucking book held me by the throat and made me beg for scraps of happiness. This book was so achingly, painfully raw and human it physically hurt me. I had to pause so many times to take a deep breath because I knew what was coming was going to hurt. Samantha Shannon is master at what she creates with this series. The prose was engaging and moving the entire time. The plot held my interest like a vice through the book with no pacing issues, even with the revelations at the last hundred or so pages (*cries*). It flowed well with the set up from the previous books and built Paige and Arcturus in exquisite ways that felt natural. The way Shannon illustrated the growth of the characters is something I'm still trying to put into words; the forward momentum is obvious in the best way-there is still potential to be wrought and revelations to be made. I literally don't know what to say because it was. Just. That. Good. This was already one of my favorite series that I push whenever someone asks for recommendations, but I will be SHOVING this series down everyone's throats whenever possible. Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

tashayns's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, and Vomit