Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson

4 reviews

fantasycat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Grief, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Cancer

caitimae's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

4.75

This book as been sitting in my downloads for so long it's a shame. It's an even bigger shame it took me so long to actually finish the book. A great short novel about the love one community holds for their local library while they fight to keep it afloat through budget cuts. This book so rich with characters and how the library and it's assistant, June Jones, has impacted their lives for the better and worst. Because a library is more than just a place to check out books, it's a sanctuary for some.
Highly, highly recommend. I will definitely be reading Freya Sampson more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Cancer, and Bullying

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death

analenegrace's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

So much of how I give five stars is if it made me cry, and this absolutely did. As someone currently getting a library master's degree, it always makes me so emotional to consider what libraries, especially public libraries offer their patrons. They are so much more than book repositories, they are everything to a community.

I loved the characters in this book deeply and appreciated that the side characters got fleshed out, starting as caricatures of people you might see in a library and becoming important and valuable to the library by the end. I also appreciated that

they didn't win but that a solution was found otherwise. Books where people always win against corrupt government make me tired since so rarely do people actually win, so I loved the realism and the earnestness of the characters and the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

amyrandles1's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Abandonment, Grief, and Cancer

Minor: Racism, Mental illness, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Medical content, and Toxic friendship