Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

32 reviews

twilightfan420's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

I listened to this as an audiobook and loved it! Especially Tina and Ruth’s stories <3 It’s rare for me to find a split POV book where I like both narrators equally, but both Ruth and Pamela had so much strength and character development in their own ways. And the lemon shark was mentioned! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Homophobia, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Dementia

delaneydunster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

realityczar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

alexflagg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Dementia, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Murder, Sexism, and Homophobia

Minor: Body shaming, Incest, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

vannahcabana's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

This a rather dark read as it follows Pamela’s quest to ensuring the killer of two girls in her sorority house is locked away for good. It’s a true crime type story. I gave it 3.75 stars just because it did get a little confusing in the middle as each chapter is a different character and time period; it jumped around quite a bit. Although he’s never mentioned by name, this is a loosely based story of the Ted Bundy murders at FSU and other places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Stunning and startling in equal turn. I greatly admire how Knoll weaves the theme of sisterhood throughout, not in an icky "girl boss"/white feminism way but, rather, in a profound call to reconsider—to remember—the shared responsibility we hold to do better for each other. A true sucker punch of a novel, one that I'd think would pair well with A Tiny Upward Shove.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Rape, Child death, Cursing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Pregnancy and Eating disorder

litbrett's review

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Dementia, Grief, Blood, Death, and Murder

rallythealli's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Death, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Rape

ezmaccoll's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexism, Lesbophobia, and Mental illness

readsbyhope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, and Dementia

Minor: Mental illness