Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Under This Red Rock by Mindy McGinnis

12 reviews

cozycoffeereader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Animal death

micahhxx's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Love the idea but don’t think the execution was the best 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

karen_pants's review

dark emotional tense fast-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

So, this may not have been the best book to read when my mental health was rough - but I'm grateful for all the TW. 

I've been looking for a book this year that would make me cry and this did. It was powerful, emotional and I was in the edge of my seat with pins and needles at points.

I didn't cry from sadness btw or anger...these were stress tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cboddie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

HS & up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

izzy_reads's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual violence, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death

nklosty's review

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cursing

blake4's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

daphnea's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is not for the faint of heart. There's mental illness and murder. McGinnis writes an empathetic portrayal of a main character, named Neeley, who has auditory hallucinations and is grieving the death of her mom and brother and the abandonment of her father. Neeley starts a summer job as a tour guide at a cave, and notices that her auditory hallucinations don't follow her underground while she's in the cave. When Neeley's crush Mila (who is also her coworker) ends up dead, she tries to figure out what happened to Mila with the help of a hallucination of a deceased local cave adventurer named Margaret.

This book is very dark, and I would not recommend this book to squeamish readers because of its detailed descriptions of suicide, torture and death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Animal death

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

Mindy McGinnis never shies away from the dark, and that's definitely true in this book. Neely has auditory halucinations throughout the story, and often questions her reality. It makes for a good narrator in a mystery/thriller, honestly. Leaves you questioning what really happened.

So far in 2024, it feels like there has been more variety in mental illness rep in YA and I am here for it. This isn't an easy book to read by far, but definitely worth it. And there's a plot twist towards the end that will make you see the entire rest of the book in a totally different light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Rape

reading_renebow's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis