Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Holding by Alexandria House

12 reviews

forever_lost_in_pages's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Bipolar disorder/brief suicide mention

effortlesslybookishbre_'s review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

tatyana_t's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Death

taneetraxo's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

simplymodest's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.75

 House doesn’t let you down.  I loved this book and just her writing. She does such a good job giving you a tv worthy story.  Second chance romances seem to be becoming my favorite especially when done right.  And this one is.  Definitely worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent

sistaharlem's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

editoryalizing's review

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Child death, Abandonment, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

_geminigenres's review

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

simplysimone's review

emotional relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

now_booking's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense 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

Ford and Krystle really went through a lot. I typically don’t love the “then” and “now” format of storytelling in romance- I often feel like it chops up the momentum of the story and makes it difficult to really get sunk in but I can’t think of another way this story of lifelong enemies to friends to lovers to enemies to lovers to married to divorced to “it’s complicated” tale. The premise is that childhood neighbours, Ford and Krystle have always been in one another’s lives. Now divorced, Ford struggles to love on with his successful ice hockey career especially with Krystle doing her moving on in the same town. 

This story features heavy themes of grief and mental health which make this a somewhat somber tale, but this author knows how to blend that weight one’s with a humor and camaraderie amongst the ensemble cast of characters that make it less devastating and definitely more authentic.

I think if there’s anything this book is missing, it’s slightly more adult interaction between Ford and Krystle so that we have a bit more character development for Krystle. We get to know Ford a bit through his teammates but we rarely see his serious and sensitive side unless he’s with Krystle and for me there just weren’t enough chunks of that. That said, really enjoyed this and look forward to Rapp’s book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Body shaming

Minor: Alcoholism