Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson

9 reviews

omm's review

challenging dark emotional 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

Took me two reads to fully understand/appreciate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence

ramreads5's review

challenging dark reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Drug use, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

brooketreads's review

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

Just know that this is not a happy story. As a mother (with a teen boy), this was heart wrenching. I had to read this slowly in pieces, and I honestly felt stressed reading it and nearly DNFed. This story is so raw, and at times weird and dark (the dog scene 😤). There was a hauntingly beautiful line about when people die the others are left to live with the burdened of the inescapable. The scene where Sequoyah goes to visit his mom was so incredibly sad. She told him he wouldn’t visit her in the future😣. I did find some of the situations/ scenes uncomfortable (the sexualization element because the character is young - but yes I understand it’s realistic).

This book deals with hard topics surrounding alcoholism and foster care from the Indigenous perspective.

Author Brandon Hobson is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation Tribe of Oklahoma.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Mental illness, and Sexual content

There’s also discussion of negative and post I’ve foster care experiences as well as a parent incarcerated.

bethbarron's review

dark emotional

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

3.5

This was a tough read. Hobson takes us inside the mind of a teenage boy who is in the foster system. He has experienced trauma, so we see his attempts to cope and to find himself outside of the trauma. It's thought-provoking. 
Lots of TWs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Mental illness

ecn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Racism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Gun violence, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

jgwags's review

challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Pedophilia, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

jblock321's review

dark emotional reflective medium-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: Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

nee_cole's review

challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Alcohol, and Mental illness

buttermellow's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Racism