Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Girls by Lisa Jewell

18 reviews

gcolston1832's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Abandonment

chloejane13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Medical content, and Mental illness

sydvaldez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

bookthief's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I really enjoyed this book however it was not as thrilling as I expected a thriller book to be. 
The first half of the book was getting to know the characters and what life was like living in the garden. In the second half of the book was were the action began with Grace being found unconscious. I thought the book could have been shorter since both parts of the story dragged on for a bit to long.
I thought the Howees were a weird but nice family and I did initially have concerns about Leo, as did Pip, but it turns out he was an all right dude. I thought Pips family scenario was sad and rare with her dad having schizophrenia causing him to go mad but I was glad they were all reunited at the end. Dylan gave mixed signals but he was a good lad in the end. Tyler was quite a questionable character from the beginning with her aunt’s history and her mum neglecting her and her jealousy issues with Grace and Dylan. 
Overall I thought the actual plot of Grace being unconscious and everyone trying to figure out what happened and who did it was quite anticlimactic since it was obvious Tyler had something against Grace and the investigation was pretty slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Pedophilia

shannonc8299's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Rape, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

kathkaf's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

minimicropup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

Atmosphere: 👌 This story couldn’t have taken place anywhere else. The park and surrounding homes were a vital character, and the scenes brought to life so well - both for the environment and how people let their guard down in such familiar, communal settings. 

Main POVs: 👌
-a parent with a 12 and 13 year old who is kind but distracted and exhausted, dealing with the hospitalization of their spouse who has paranoid schizophrenia
-a parent with one preteen and two teens who is well-meaning in homeschooling and insulating their family from the world, but results in them letting their guard down and missing glaring red flags. They are lenient with the hopes of their children growing up to be unashamedly their true selves…but they have never considered if those true selves may be rotten ones
-a 12 year old younger sibling who is observant, intuitive, and unfailingly loyal to their family but suspicious of strangers

Reading Journey: 👌
Riding through the neighbourhood in a golf cart on a crisp, relaxing summer day. 

Show’n’tell: 👌 Perfect show - I wasn’t just in the characters heads I briefly became them. Includes a little map of the park and houses. 

Great match if you like:
-neighbourhood mysteries
-dark cozy mystery 
-coming-of-age drama
-nostalgic summer energy
-people giving off creepy vibes behind closed doors
-teens behaving badly

Vibes: 🙂😲🤭

Format: Kindle Unlimited

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Alcoholism

Medical content is related to diabetes and paranoid schizophrenia. Adult/minor relationships are inferred and suspected

but only one occurs and it is not sexual or graphically described

. Drug use involves experimentation and overdose

including fatal

. Fire is of a house and related to schizophrenia and touches on

loss of irreplaceable items, charring of the home, is visited once, but no loss of life or human/animal injury

. Sexual content is

between 13 year olds experimenting and is not assault or forced

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a_alves00's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Murder, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Sexual content

lpdx's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Bullying, Self harm, Alcohol, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

teaofleaves's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Pedophilia