Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Don't Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders

32 reviews

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Gaslighting, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Child death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

WHEW this book INFURIATED me. There's nothing that gets my goat more a woman not being believed. But I liked it very much, and I really wanted to get to the end. Def stayed up too late listening to it. Ooh it takes quite a storyteller to make me want to have a Spongebob-level freakout. Excited to read this author again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Child death, Alcohol, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Stalking, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

amieleigh8919's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Death

rachelcotter1'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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Suicide

laurensreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, and Murder

on_your_raedar's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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

2.0

It’s a fine book. I think booktok overhyped it and I had expectation this book couldn’t meet. 

The gaslighting as a theme/ way to create an unreliable narrator made all the character insufferable.

Everything felt over written and listening to Jo was 🫠. The dog was the only good character and homie wasn’t even mentioned much.

I will say that Chloe was convincing, the way she had an answer for everything but there were enough signs to know she was the evil. Don’t get me wrong, the husband is TRASH, absolutely trash, but he never came across as a psycho. He enabled his daughter’s condition so he shouldn’t have been surprised that he met his maker in the end. Wish Jo had went to visit her mother in law sooner, that could have cleared a lot of things up for her really quickly

Anyways at least it’s done now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

Minor: Animal death

savijax's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

nscharn's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

4⭐️ Fast-paced psychological thriller with a lot of twists and turns that kept me entertained. Even I was unsure which storyline to believe!! Would recommend! Overall, I had a fun time. 

Joanne and Richard seemed to have it all - newly married with a big house and a precious baby, Evie. Things were perfect until Richard's 20-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, Chloe, comes to live with them. Chloe is sweet and innocent with Richard. BUT behind closed doors with Joanne, she is dangerous - or is she?? We get the singular POV of Jo as she unravels the families past and wraps her head around the truth. The big question is - who can she trust? Come along for the ride to see who is lying and who is telling the truth!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide

monique1316's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Gun violence, and Vomit

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, and Mental illness