Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) by Alyssa Sheinmel

3 reviews

sting_ray_'s review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Great depictions of mental illness

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Self harm, Mental illness, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

imstephtacular's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was wholly unexpected. I thought I was going to get a dark psychological thriller, but ended up getting a messy, poignant analysis of grief. 
This book was beautifully executed with smart pacing. I was compelled to read it in one sitting. 
It dealt with a lot of heavy issues through the perspective of a teen really working through huge emotions and circumstances. I liked that therapy was woven into the story and thought the therapy sparked some interesting discussions and points. 
I look forward to reading this author’s previous works. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Forced institutionalization

cravebooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

PLEASE LOOK UP TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK. i will add all of the possible trigger warnings to my review bc there are quite a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness