Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power

4 reviews

candaceross321's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Racism, Mental illness, Death, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Religious bigotry

spacescape's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Confinement, Racism, Death of parent, Death, and Colonisation

Minor: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Suicide

careinthelibrary's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death, Genocide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: War

readingwithkaitlyn's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Confinement, Sexual violence, Genocide, Racial slurs, Murder, Colonisation, Blood, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Grief, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Miscarriage, War, Excrement, Slavery, Vomit, Ableism, Rape, Incest, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Suicide

Mention of serial killer, segregation, Korean War, boarding schools, Dakota 38, Whitestone Hill, hangings, Wounded Knee, Carlisle, and starvation.