Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

3 reviews

50shadesofrae'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

4.0

I have complicated feelings about this one, 95% of which would require spoilers to explain. 
The last third-ish has some issues for me, but overall it was a really fascinating autopsy of the exorcist genre? And the deep voyeuristic horror of it? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Confinement, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, Vomit, Body horror, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

musicmenagerie's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

Not as scary as I thought it would be, but thought-provoking. And, the ending really shocked me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Body horror, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Alcohol, Addiction, Death, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

jkergan's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Body horror