Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan

5 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Incest, Gore, Animal death, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Excrement, and Miscarriage

mnatale100's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Blood, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Confinement, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

roseltov's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Fucking hell. This book is deeply, deeply creepy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Mental illness

sofigj's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Dementia, Confinement, Child death, Body shaming, Body horror, and Blood

ladysanctuary's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely chilling haunting stories, from the almost silly and fantastical to gore and fear. split into three parts, The House, The Child and The Past, these short stories tap into the fears women have and the fears you didn't know to be afraid of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Excrement, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent