Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Le Dieu des Bois by Liz Moore

261 reviews

bethughknee's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Grief, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

amberk032's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Classism

Minor: Gaslighting

_phoenyx's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Pedophilia, Blood, Murder

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia

hdunscombe's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Blood, Stalking, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts

bevans8's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A slow-burn historical mystery with strong female characters set in the Adirondack woods. Maybe a bit too slow at nearly 500 pages. I wish Judyta, the detective, had been introduced earlier. I guessed the ending long before it was revealed but this did not detract from my enjoyment of the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness

cornyylynn's review against another edition

4.0

challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

katerina_l's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

mfrenz's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Classism

Minor: Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I would have rated this book higher if it hadn't been for the ending!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Homophobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest