Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

79 reviews

larseneiii's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death

allons_y8's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This books is heart-wrenchingly sad and true to how human emotion. It's a romance book like no other with the grief for a lost love and unexpected new ones. I love the reflective nature a lot of this book has and it tackles mental health issues and OCD very realistically showing the ugliness it brings out in people. The relationships in this book are incredibly complicated which is why it is so interesting and sombre. I also loved the structure of showing now for a chapter and then a memory allowing the reader to get to know the characters in different ways. Its almost written as a last love letter and reflection on a relationship until he tries to get back on track with life and it has a hopeful but not perfect ending showing that rocky roads do have brief pauses and there is hope more often than not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

cloudypages's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, and Self harm

Minor: Abortion

hayleythegoose's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

npclase's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death

Minor: Abortion

ballan's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

meghan_k's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Abortion

brandie_abbie19's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mental illness

allin's review

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abortion

rayne_1906's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

Audiobook - 5 hours 27 minutes - My favourite book by Adam Silvera that I have read so far. I think the depiction of grief was well done, and I definitely emotionally connected to all the characters. The ending seemed to spring fairly significant events on the reader all at once, which I feel could have been alluded to better in order to make the story feel more cohesive, but I can understand if this was an artistic choice of the author. Grief isn't cohesive. A very good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Abortion and Homophobia