Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

29 reviews

animal_1over's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

This is definitely my favorite book out of the Love & Gelato series by far. I do wish that there was more depth in Olive and Theo’s relationship. One thing I did not expect was how sad last 50 - 100 pages are (it almost had me crying). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Miscarriage

lavenderbluestories's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Chronic illness

ittywitty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

blessednacho's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I loved this book! It was super interesting and the characters were great. However, there were a couple things I did not like. For example, the main character has a crush on another character while still having a boyfriend and worrying that he is cheating on her. I also never truly understood the power of show-not-tell until this book.

In this book, one of the characters just says that they were struggling with the stigmatization of mental illness, and it felt corny and cheap.

Overall, I thought this was a great book. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a summer read set in Greece with a little bit of depth to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Miscarriage

blanz's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

I don't like leaving bad reviews for books online because I always imagine that the author could read it, but it took me 3 years to finish this book. I really wanted to like it, because I liked love & luck, but this one just didn't do it for me. I found the narrator of the audiobook very annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

princessrory's review against another edition

emotional relaxing 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Deportation, Death, and Miscarriage

infusionofviolets's review

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-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

Moderate: Mental illness and Abandonment

saraielora's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective 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

I really enjoyed this! The emotional core of Olive and her father resonated deeply. I felt like the romance was a little bland and didn’t add much to the story, which is unusual for me. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness

_mya_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective fast-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? Yes

3.5

never a boring moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Panic attacks/disorders