Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

39 reviews

itsheyfay's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Grief, Terminal illness, Death, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death of parent, Suicide, and Confinement

Minor: Gun violence

torturedreadersdept's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Dementia, Pregnancy, Vomit, Death of parent, Blood, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Dysphoria

olliejp2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood and Mental illness

mdavis26's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

juliermiller's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

naomi_k's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual content, and Cursing

katievallin's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

This was so beautiful, and it's left an ache in me that feels a bit like grief.

I liked the time travel and amnesia tropes,

and the romance was so beautiful. I related to the small, southern town aspect even though I didn't grow up in Appalachia.

I'm sad that the only kind of Christianity that the Farrows were exposed to was the yucky kind, but I also related to a bit of the theology and attitudes from my own childhood.

This book makes me think about prejudices against people who are seen as odd and about the assumption that mental illness is always obvious.

I thought there wasn't really closure for June's friendship with Mason, which was a bit disappointing; but I also like that it wasn't wrapped up super neatly because that seems more realistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Police brutality, Grief, Cursing, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy and Gun violence

jenropell's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Murder, and Grief

maddycat13's review

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Just so incredibly beautifully written. The twists and turns keep you on your toes. The threads all throughout the book weave together so intricately into a truly satisfying ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexual content

jenhfultz's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dementia, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Blood