Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Penance by Eliza Clark

69 reviews

rachelcoconut's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, Child abuse, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Death, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

aileron's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, Bullying, Death, Child death, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Classism, Confinement, Racism, Self harm, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Suicide, Body horror, Classism, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction

luciapoloni's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child abuse, Homophobia, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Alcoholism

coffeekitaab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Self harm, Violence, Body horror, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Biphobia, Blood, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, and Vomit

shelfofunread's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Child death, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cursing, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent, Biphobia, Self harm, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Classism

lgreensh's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Self harm, Mental illness, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Rape, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

princessemily's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Torture

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Racism and Homophobia

chl0reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Ableism, Alcohol, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, and Self harm

geraldinerowe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I haven't read Boy Parts so this was my first taste of Eliza Clark's writing and I found it outstanding. The whole thing messes with your head as the vast majority of Penance is a fictional book written by a fictional author, but you're also aware from the beginning that this fictional book in this fictional world might not be entirely true. In all this, Eliza Clark manages to make adolescents' speech and writing styles not just understandable but compelling. I think the unreliable narrator is made a little too much of and is there to add an extra dimension to the book's criticism of True Crime, but it would have been less of a book without it. I'm off out to buy Boy Parts now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, and Gun violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Racism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia