Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

219 reviews

emstring's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness and Stalking

britainmic's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

It had a bit of a slow start to me -which made me think I’d dislike this book-, but once it actually started to get a little creepy my interest piqued greatly and I wanted to read the book all the way through. The book greatly unnerved me and gave me that underlying sense of anxiety, which I guess is a good thing to do if you’re a horror book. It actually made me kind of scared at certain points, which -for me- is uncommon in horror books, even if I think they’re really good. It was the kind of feeling where I planned to watch something funny after I finished the book before I went to bed. I never knew where the book was headed. It was kind of confusing, but not in the sense of. I didn’t understand what was going on. I just had no idea where it would lead.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

ohlittleowl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body horror

2busyreading's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death

epeolatrist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

missgrangerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I cannot stop thinking about this book. I read it two weeks ago and I cannot shake this book, in the best way. 

Disclaimer: this book is not going to be for everyone. However those is is for will be consumed with this story. This is about all I can say without ruining the book. It really is a fantastic book that will stay with you for a while after reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Death

tussenlettersin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

De beschrijving "psychologische thriller" doet dit boek tekort. 

Dit is een roman die zo diep in iemands psyche duikt en daarin alle angst, verdriet en spijt uitvist, dat het meer horrorliteratuur is dan wat anders.

Op het einde ontdek je dat het verhaal allesbehalve is wat je dacht dat het is. Tenminste, als je oplet. Dit boek vraagt toch enige aandachtigheid.

Vormelijk is het fragmentarisch, impressionistisch, verwarrend. Voor mij versterkt dat enkel de gesprekken over depressie, eenzaamheid, de vrees/het verlangen gekend te worden, zelfmoordgedachten en angst waar dit boek van uitpuilt. 

Al bij al, een akelig verhaal.

Ik denk dat dit een van mijn nieuwe favorieten is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

Not entirely sure how to feel. I enjoyed aspects of it but feel I might be too dumb to fully understand everything. Like I think I get it but I don't think I do at the same time. 
Check trigger/content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

kittiesss's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide

torigroves47's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I can’t believe how fast I got through this book. I read it last year, I think, but I didn’t remember much, and I just rewatched the movie so I thought I should read it again.
It’s a lot, and it’s left me feeling a lot of emotions, but it’s also somehow comforting to read.

To paraphrase Chelsea Rebecca’s take (from the Dead Meat Podcast), I find it surprisingly life-affirming. Even though Jake/the janitor made the choice he did, he still was a nice person and had people who cared about him and noticed he was gone. Everyone has their own rich personal world, and even if you don’t see it, someone cares about you and would notice your absence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

As you can probably tell from the title, this book is about

suicide. There’s a lot of suicidal ideation, Nd the main character ends up committing suicide at the end.

There’s also a story that Jake tells on his family’s farm about a pig that keeps staying in one corner, but when his dad finally moves it,

has maggots all over its stomach. It’s “being eaten from the inside out,” so they have to put it down.

The situation is a metaphor, but it doesn’t make the imagery less upsetting.