Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

5 reviews

ketchup_chugger_al's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I shouldn’t have read this when I’ve just developed seizures

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Cancer, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Medical trauma, Ableism, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident, Abandonment, Body shaming, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Excrement, Stalking, and Pedophilia

adearajean's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Innocent book where Elvis navigates life after her mom dies. Funny and sad at times. Strong characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Cancer, and Suicide

btodd12's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What a unique book, focused on the POV of a 9 year old grieving and living the year after her mother’s tragic death. The author masterfully weaves dark humor into the grief. This book confronts tough subjects of death, hospitalization, feelings of abandonment, mental health, and more, but somehow keeps a hopeful, lighthearted feel throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Forced institutionalization

blynecessity's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This was so cute! I love the grieving-preadolescent trope, from Memory Wall to My Grandmother Told Me To Tell You She's Sorry, I just really like how raw it tends to feel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Death, Chronic illness, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death

jayjm94's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, and Grief