Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Scanlines by Todd Keisling

10 reviews

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Classism, Drug use, Bullying, Grief, Vomit, and Mental illness

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Self harm, Vomit, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Suicide, and Gun violence

ehicks212's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

“A ghost story, but not the conventional sort.”

This book is dark, but the author’s afterword also shows how important it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

mossroot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Scanlines was such an enjoyable read. This book really does shed light on the darkness of the human obsession with death. A ghost type story that leaves you questioning if the characters are actually crazy or if this is actually happening. Such a short read, there's no reason not to give scanlines a try. It's real, a real book about the real ways that people deal with trauma. 

Scanlines took me an hour to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Suicide, Mental illness, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Terminal illness

thecottagefrog's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Death, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

spacemonkey25'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gore, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Mental illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Cancer

craig_craig_craig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Mental illness

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

danidamico's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

3.5

Una nouvelle de alrededor de 100 páginas que utiliza un VHS maldito como metáfora de la depresión entre un grupo de adolescentes en el Kentucky de los 90s. Me gustó, fue una buena opción para inaugurar la spooky season y es una lectura rápida, la terminé en un par de horas. Sin embargo, no es una lectura fácil en cuanto a la temática que aborda: el suicidio. Scanlines es un relato perturbador sobre lo que se esconde en los rincones más oscuros de internet y de nuestras propias cabezas. 

La escritura está muy bien, no me resultó forzada, aunque sí me faltó más particularización; a veces las cosas se sentían bastante genéricas y caían en ciertos lugares comunes. También me hubiese gustado que los personajes estuvieran un poco más desarrollados, poder conectar más con lo que les estaba pasando. Lo sentí todo algo distante. Pero en términos generales me pareció un relato decente para mechar entre libros más largos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

gloomwraith's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness