Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore

8 reviews

how_sweet_the_sound's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. While the ending felt sudden, the rest of the book had me tearing up multiple times. What a stunning addition to the Graceling Realm series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

alyxbeau's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

I loved this on comparison to the 4th book. The love I have for this series has returned! I'm so glad we didn't have the same cast as before and instead we got to follow Hava!

I absolutely hated the loss of

Tulip the cat. I swear they would have had time to find them based on the description in the books and it broke my heart to read and wonder if they would show up in a lifeboat later, one Hava wasnt in. Blueberry also broke my heart.

I found Hope delightful and enjoyed how much she really provided to the people on this journey the essence of her name.

 This is certainly not going to be a book for everyone, a lot of it could be considered boring (it wasn't to me but if I see complaints I would understand why they were made) but I LOVED IT. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Loss of a limb (necessary amputation)

juju_99's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

sunshine_kait's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective 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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Sexual violence

atthelibrarywithmegan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I just finished Seasparrow and I’m hoping it’s not the last in the series; although it did just come out in November. This was a 4 ⭐️read for me. There were parts that were slow; but they were on a ship, what do you expect? I feel like Hava’s character had some really great autistic representation that isn’t normally in pop culture. (Iykyk) Whether that was intentional or not, I really loved it. I can’t wait to do a reread of all 5 books in the Graceling series at some point. They’ll always hold a special place in my heart.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death of parent, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault

gracefully_jk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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: Death, Drug abuse, Animal death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Dementia

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual violence

I’m using so many tags to try and make sure I’m covering everything. Much of this is only small mentions, or failed attempts, or only spoken of vaguely or in flashback memories; most of it is handled with great delicacy and gentleness. The one thing to note is the injury detail/blood warning: there is some relatively explicitly described injury, including amputation. Specifically:

The characters find themselves stranded in an arctic-like environment; one person gets frostbite and has their toes amputated, while another person gets an unspecified injury to their leg and has it amputated. Both of these procedures and their effect on the people who received them (as well as on the main character) is described in fairly good detail, so if that sort of thing bothers you, please tread carefully. You can skip it, but it does get mentioned a few times, and the aftermath is quite evident. No one dies of these injuries.

donaghys1's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? Yes

4.5

This book is a fantastic addition to the series! I loved being inside Hava’s mind. I especially loved the tour of every character we know and love in this book. The balance and combination of magic and technilogical advances was beautiful and intriuging. I especially love how Kristin Cashore writes gender in this series. In this book especially, the way the foxes communicate with each other and people feels like a nod in agreement to the concept of intuition and vibes. Oh, and the ship was SO COOL. It took me right back to my Semester at Sea days :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Death, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

There is a shipwreck. The characters are in survival mode from about page 150 to about page 360.

careinthelibrary's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia

Nonconsensual drugging, animal trafficking, post-partum depression, food insecurity