Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson

2 reviews

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Cancer, Bullying, Vomit, Classism, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Medical content, Colonisation, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, and Homophobia

fanboyriot's review

dark fast-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

4.0

Read For:

Dark Magic

Small Town

Prep-School

Eerie Atmosphere

Dark Academia Vibes

Think Ace of Spades (by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé) meets a Supernatural episode.  

This book was a great queer horror/thriller.  The vengeful gods, creepy monster slaying, and a setting that was written really well, drawing the horror with the eerie atmosphere and learning the lore of the small town only made it all the more horrific; also had a sweet romance with new friends to lovers vibes.

Douglas was an entertaining main character even if I didn’t like some of the decisions he made at some points at the end.  The beginning took me a minute to get into but the middle of this book was so good!  The ending was good but also a bit bittersweet.

Thanks to NetGalley and the author/publisher for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

(First Person POV)

Spice: n/a (just kissing)

Rep: Gay MC, POC MC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Racism, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Classism, Cursing, Mental illness, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Gore

Minor: Suicide and Sexual assault