Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Le Dieu des Bois by Liz Moore

261 reviews

lgow's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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: Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting

jcfolak's review against another edition

0.25

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Stupid book. Included unnecessarily upsetting details about the characters lives. Child abuse was rampant throughout. 
 Might have been palatable if we just focused on the first conflict. The book ended up just being written for a shock value. 5 thumbs down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol

jilly_vanilli's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

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, Drug abuse, Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

amateur_bookworm's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore is a historical suspense/mystery set at a summer camp in the Adirondack woods. The story is told across multiple timelines, spanning from the 1950s to 1975. 

I really enjoyed this one! I feel like I’m a bit late to the party for this book, but better late than never. (Plus, this book won the BOTM 2024 Lolly award for the best book of the year, which means I got a free copy of it in my March box). 

There are a lot of characters. And a lot of time jumps. But it all works (mostly because the timeline at the beginning of each chapter is a huge help). 

I love that this one really kept me in suspense. It feels like everyone is a suspect and everyone has something to hide. So many strong possibilities (in both missing children’s cases). I love thrillers like this where anyone could be a probable suspect! The characters and the plot all had a good amount of depth to them, which is great. And I liked seeing all the pieces come together in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization

jessiecc's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Rape

sashdb's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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More twists and turns than a forest trail, and a few red herring to boot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

tam___'s review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts

davispburns's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

moonytoast's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

gallowgog's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny