Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells

4 reviews

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

flip_chester's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Self harm

cheye13's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

Gave me exactly what I wanted and expected from it. A quintessential YA horror/thriller. The reviews complaining about the demon turn the story takes missed some very heavy-handed "hints" (they were direct statements) early in the book.

Initially I was uncomfortable with the depiction of sociopathy, but as the story carried on and it seemed more intentional, it made more sense. I can't claim that it's good sociopathy representation, especially given the year it was published, but at the very least it seemed more sensitive than offhand comments that are still tossed around nowadays.

Honestly, I didn't expect that this series would be for me, but I'm now considering continuing, especially if I can get ahold of audiobooks.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ableism about psychotic/sociopathic disorders, both external and internal; a couple brief but detailed scenes of voyuerism; extremely detailed scenes of mortuary business/handling of corpses

sexualedward's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment