Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

171 reviews

aimeecdo's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Great work of fiction and a fun read. Shirley has a unique style and you feel pulled into the character’s experience. Not what you would expect! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident

Moderate: Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

_dakota_h_'s review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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i was gonna give it a 3 but after reading more abt the author and researching the book i liked it more. could have been more scary imo. 
theodora and eleanor were in love fr
but it was a big surprise for me at least when <

it turns out it had only taken place over a week and eleanor had lost her mind that quickly

 i love unreliable narrators and it had a good ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt

lqne's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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you were good i'm waiting for you to be great 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent

savannahtrice's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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i love Eleanor so much i don't think i've ever felt so seen in a book character. my only critique is that i wish this was longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent

sneurah's review against another edition

4.25

dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

veronicats's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Car accident

ozzy_999's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A wonderful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse

A few discussions of child abuse far removed from our cast of characters.

The main character you hear narrate and grow to love goes crazy and kills herself but it’s all very fast.

wwnter's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent