Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Le Dieu des Bois by Liz Moore

261 reviews

laur_astor's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Soooo slow until like 70%. Not sure if it was worth getting through the slow parts but the end is exciting!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness

Minor: Rape

kazzarreads's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious medium-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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I waited seven months, in anticipation, for this eBook from my local library. I had high hopes as it had been hyped up online. It sits in okay territor for me and I did want to find out what happened to the Van Laar children but I was not as invested in the story as I hoped to be. The multiple points of view across multiple years had me confused at times. In particular, the multiple dates at the start of each chapter. The style of writing was mostly very readable but I did have to look up the meaning of a few less common words along the way. Not a bad read, just not amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness

niillin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Physical abuse

paulabekkerus's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

sandysmith's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The characters in the book are wonderfully written. Told from multiple points of view and different timelines, initially confusing at first and it took me a while to work out that both the name if the character and the time in the story is given as chapter headers. once I had figured this out, the story was engaging and fast-moving . There were some simply horrid unlikeable characters, but there were enough likeable ones to counter this. My favourite characters were Louise and Judy. The themes of the book are secrets, lies, class, privilege, grief, nature, and power.  There were a few loose ends towards the end of the book that had no bearing on the story (Delphine), but other than that, it's an enjoyable mystery with good suspense, a great plot and very accessible writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

doctadri44's review against another edition

4.5

dark 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: Mental illness, Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment

aubree_j's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse

shelbysavagegibson's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Blood

bripig28's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 48%

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It's a well written story line! I just hit a scene in the book that I didn't want to read. Stories with domestic abuse are hard for me to read right now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness

rosieko12's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

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, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Lesbophobia