Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

59 reviews

brie333's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Car accident, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

triple_m's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

A very heavy romance. Shane and Eva trauma bond over a week long binge when they’re teenagers. Because the week ended abruptly and without closure, the connection is still there. They reconnect in their 30s as sober, successful authors who have done a lot of work on themselves to overcome their respective traumas. 

I wish their bond had a little more development when they were adults that was more than just an insatiable feeling they have towards one another. Regardless, I still loved them as a couple. Maybe a little codependent but we all deal with trauma the best we can. I also loved both characters individually, and I enjoyed Eva’s daughter, Audre (though I feel like she behaved like an adult in an unrealistic way for a 12 year old). 

I also loved that Eva was an erotica author! It’s a valid genre and deserves respect. 

This book had a handful of pop culture references. Not a whole lot, but I can’t stand any in books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

genny's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

Damn, I'm on a roll with the romance picks. This was funny, sexy, emotional, everything! I went berserk highlighting my copy and I actually laughed out loud. I even enjoyed the ~spice~ and wanted more (gasp!). However, I would advise to check the trigger warnings because this delves into a lot of trauma.

Shane and Eva felt like whole human beings, both in their past and present depictions. Their lost, broken teenage selves were so strikingly different from their mostly-well-functioning adult selves and yet I instantly believed in the development. Incredible chemistry between them. I really like how the third act was handled - I was scared the conflict would be unnecessary and end up ruining the book, but it led to a great ending, hopeful and realistic. I haven't read a lot of romance, but I can safely say this is my favorite!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical content, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Gun violence, Child death, Death, and Forced institutionalization

tenderbench's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Self harm

Minor: Forced institutionalization

sunnivab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Self harm, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Addiction, Abandonment, and Child death

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Death of parent

avarlow's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Gun violence

kayladaila's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia

oliviastewart716's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.5

3.5⭐️This took me forever to read because it was written so weird. The writing was intelligent, but also bizarre. It was like “how many pop culture references can we fit in here? We have to make sure they know it was written in 2019!” It was just a lot. And every character (besides our main 2) felt like charicitures. Just don’t get the buzz, even though it had good moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Violence, Child death, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Car accident

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

1.0

Imagine romanticizing a toxic high school relationship you had with a boy you’d only known for a couple days and then using him as your muse to write an entire erotic vampire romance series for the next 15 years….

Then imagine him reappearing in your life because HE’s now ready to talk to you, the audacity.

So much miscommunication, instalove, toxic relationships/habits and tendencies. They are not good for each other, they are constantly running away from things and not communicating with each other. Even 15 years later and they’re both still hurting each other, leaving/running away. They do not help each other be better people.

This book, these characters, it just wasn’t for me.

Also the “twist” where Lizette was the one that sent Shane to jail because she thought he had done something to Eva (which is TOTALLY understandable!) as the scene she walks in on is literally Eva passed out from drugs & alcohol as well as pleading from her self-harm cuts so there’s blood. Why didn’t Shane tell her? I just don’t understand why if you loved them so much you wouldn’t be straight up with him from the get go after he left you? If you guys had such a real and intense connection, how could you let him go that easily?

Also I feel like Ty’s death was written so cheaply? Like a 13 year old innocent boy was just killed and and yet the author only spend a couple of pages talking about Shane’s reaction when this boy meant so much to him. Also, why couldn’t Shane have called Eva to let her know that that’s why he “stood her and Audre up” was because he was literally going to the hospital to say goodbye to his student.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Sexual content, Cursing, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, and Vomit