Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

25 reviews

sandymaple's review against another edition

emotional 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

I got into it by the halfway mark, but overall a bit meh for me, especially the "big reveal" at the end, which was just astonishingly anticlimactic and confusing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Child death, Death of parent, Incest, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, Body shaming, and Cancer

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abortion

beebowbabe's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Drug use

jriverlyn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This story was a difficult reading experience for me. Trigger warnings on every single page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug use, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Rape, and Incest

jennawhite0813's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Incest

ofarkas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Confinement, Child death, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Rape

courteggy's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

lucha0s's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide

princess_marie's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Excrement, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Drug use

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad 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

4.25

Ooh this one was twisty, and I was very here for all the drama. I liked the depiction of the hoarding issues, which felt like it was more sympathetic than it usually is portrayed in media.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Cancer, Sexual assault, Abortion, Rape, Terminal illness, and Grief

kennamorkk's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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: Child death, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Toxic relationship and Addiction