Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Le Dieu des Bois by Liz Moore

266 reviews

slsgarlat's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Injury/Injury detail

artandwhimsy's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Fantastic read! Beautifully explores dynamics of classism, sexism, prioritizing familial abuse and reputation over, no matter the victims. I see myself coming back to “The God of the Woods” again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism

bekieboo's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Edit - I stewed on this book a bit and decided to raise my review. Just because the women in this book weren’t glaringly strong, doesn’t mean they weren’t strong. This story is about survival and that’s exactly what women in the 50s, 70s and now have to do sometimes. Unfortunately women don’t always have the space to thrive, sometimes it has to be enough to survive.

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Maybe it’s just because I’m in my feminine rage era but this book just felt like it was filled with weak women. I know it’s the reality for many (including myself years ago) to have to deal with overbearing men and just keep the peace to stay safe, but I just wanted more from these women. Even when they were constantly the victim, they were almost villainized as well. It just rubbed me the wrong way. The story itself was incredibly interesting, but it’s hard for me to get past the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

scherrera25's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Classism

meganana's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Classism

kazumi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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i found myself waking up in the middle of the night to think about the story because i was so desperate to know what happened (even resorted to reading a few chapters in the middle of the night). i appreciate the way the plot/history/mysteries unfolded through various timelines and characters (and especially how the story ended). thank you to the author for creating this world. it will have a special place in my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Classism

womangenius's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia

greeneyesandham's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Was it “good”? Yes. Did it feel like forever to get through? Also yes. Well written, but slow. I was prepared for multiple POVs and timeline jumps, but phew! While at times it felt like a chore to get through, I’m glad I did because the ending wrapped everything in a neat little bow and felt rewarding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

jamelynreads25's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol

chaisquarelatte's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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As the book covers two disappearances across a decade I can understand why different chapters focus on different time periods. However, adding the 1st person perspective from different characters on top of that meant it was sometimes really hard to follow what was going on. Particularly as there was a large cast of characters.

Once I had got a grip of the characters and the timeline I enjoyed the book, with the last hour and a half being particularly good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Grief

Moderate: Addiction

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