Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

415 reviews

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Everyone in this story is so disturbed (positive for the thriller). Heads up, though the violence to the victims but especially self harm is very graphic. If you have triggers about self harm especially cutting, please take that seriously into consideration before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Torture

kenzieleevip's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, and Sexual content

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

beverytender's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mrsm_lovesbooks's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

The book itself wasn't bad, but it's definitely not my cup of tea. I knew going in it was uncovering a twisted murder and would be gruesome, but there were many, many times I felt the language was vulgar and made me very uncomfortable as a reader. In the end, I was just happy to be done with the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, and Torture

Minor: Rape and Vomit

tessalort's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, and Kidnapping

maddie_d_316's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Murder

marageorge's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, and Murder

nonidude's review against another edition

Wanted to like this after seeing high reviews but too spooky for me! Only got about 1/4 of the way through... interesting premise and read the summary online after, but just not my type of book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

isabellelle_11's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, and Abandonment