Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

38 reviews

mdxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: War

jordynjohnson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I’d seen the movie a few years ago so I remembered a little bit about the twist but it was still so good. Lehane set it up so well and the writing style felt really immersive.

The scene where Teddy/Andrew remembers his wife murdering his children was so heartbreaking.

I really enjoyed this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Racial slurs

Minor: War

aliceguerrieri's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

besidemyshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Child death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

mariemaroll's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Alcohol, War, Death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Addiction

jazlynaw's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Racial slurs

hughesie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Mental illness, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, War, Alcohol, Vomit, Addiction, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

drvanatta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Even if you've watched the movie first, this book is still worth a read. Regardless, it's. Greatly tense and intriguing novel that reads easily, maybe even too easily. If this book had an apparent flaw, it'd be the lack of subtleties because of the writing style and word choice. This does in no way detract from the story, however, if you are able to put yourself into the mind of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Child death

Minor: Suicide, Violence, War, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Murder, Death, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

un_savoury's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Racial slurs, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

hanreadin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcoholism, War, Ableism, Cursing, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts