Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

26 reviews

sharlottetheshark's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Stalking, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Minor: Antisemitism, Blood, Fatphobia, and Medical content

themoodreader's review

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Classism

Minor: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Physical abuse

eh1736's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse

xiekaili's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, and Bullying

bookishcb_21's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book kept me on my toes the entire time, wondering who the Proctor was and why they were out to seek revenge on a group of friends. I couldn’t flip the pages fast enough and I was hoping with every page Nancy could come closer to figuring out who hurt Jamie. I honestly didn’t guess the ending twist, but omg - I need to know what happens to Nancy and what comes next! Thanks Katie Zhao for bringing mystery/thriller reading back into my reading life! It’s been too long and this book sparked my interest again after reading a lot of romance as of late.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Mental illness

ao3simp's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Mental illness

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

It's giving Gossip Girl, Ace of Spades, Pretty Little Liars, all of Karen McManus' YA books but set with a predominantly Asian cast. So if you liked any of those, this could be right up your alley. I enjoyed it although it was a little predictable. I connected a lot with the whole "Asian immigrant family expecting the best" thing because I experienced that in my school years. Like ridiculous expectations of being the best and not talking about your mental health struggles because you have to be strong and look at the sacrifices your family did so you could grow up in America. So some of it hit real close to home.
I wish at the end we knew the secret of the Golden Trio but it was still a fulfilling (although maybe a bit frustrating) ending.
F in the chat for Alexander tho. Man shot his shot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

blueberry0531's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying

bookwyrm_sisters's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, and Drug use

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I quite enjoyed this, the relationship dynamics were really good. The dialogues and the ending felt a bit less smooth, overall the plot seemed less consistent towards the end. Still entertaining!

(One thing I found really infuriating: the book shoving the school motto down my throat every few pages - I would definitely have remembered with much, MUCH fewer mentions, too. 🙃)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Classism, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Child death, Drug use, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship