Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

26 reviews

anniereads221's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Violence

beca_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

4.5

Great fast paced book, looking at the toxicity within the education system. Fans of Ace of Spades would enjoy this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

bitesizedbeet's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Murder

jjs1001's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

saumya29's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

racheldkidder's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

alyxinthestars's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Abandonment, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

thereadingshelf's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

brynn_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.0

Overall, this book was really good! It's basically Crazy Rich Asians meets Pretty Little Liars meets Gossip Girl meets One Of Us Is Lying. It's a murder mystery with an all asian cast which is great. I loved all of the characters relationships and their interactions with each other. It was interesting to see the differences between class that were so prominent in this book. 

I liked how the flashbacks were woven throughout the story revealing bits and pieces of the story. It was really interesting to finally get the last flashback and understand exactly what happened 2 years ago. I will say that the ending was slightly disappointing. 

This book has the perfect dark academia fall vibes. It was the perfect book to read for the time of year I read it (around October). Also, I went into this book expecting a standalone, but now I need the sequel. I need to know what that last secret is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, Violence, and Drug use

soljovis's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

0.25

I’ve thought about nothing for the past 24 hours except how angry this book made me. Every adult in this book failed every child. A 14/15 year old girl in a relationship with an adult man is a victim of a predator. This happens TWICE in this book with no consequences for either of the predators but both girls are publicly shamed and portrayed as the seducer. Fucked. Also the characters were shallow and unlikeable and the twist ending was like a bad episode of PLL. I understand what the author’s intent was with this book but all the messages were overshadowed by melodrama and overtly problematic plot points. I have so many more issues with this book but I will leave it here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury