Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

12 reviews

dianamarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cjdaiker's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

morphoblue's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

Enjoyable re-read from my youth. Nothing mind blowing but I liked the mystery and actually like the psychological/supernatural thriller aspects. The romance was pretty bland and the main male lead the worst 2010s cliché (which made him extremely unattractive to me) but I enjoyed it for what it was.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

There is a scene in which the character harms herself and its not made clear whether she did it on purpose or not. The main character also suffers from constant PTSD and panic attacks. A lot of talk around death, grief, and mental illness

sailortrivia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism

violetvulptex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

tina_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

This was my second time reading this book, but I didn’t remember anything so I’m counting it as my first time. I really liked it! It was very 2000s and a little confusing at times, but I was very captivated by the plot and will be reading the next book ASAP! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bananapie123's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

quillify_'s review against another edition

The mystery aspect was intriguing, Noah Shaw was cute but annoying most of the time. But I absolutely lost it when the author decided that Mara's mother would be from India and then decided to name her Indi. *slow claps* how original. JFC, just use a baby name website for naming your South  Asian characters. 
God, this is why I hate 2010 era books. Comfort reads? More like subtly racist reads that are comfortable because they cater to a white audience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark tense 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

i enjoyed this book. it wasn’t what i expected. the plot was a loose hanging thread and the characters have severe cases of latent misogyny but it was a fun read. i think it barely passes the Bechdel test tho. also the main love interest is possessive and weird in a way that only Harry Styles wattpad fan fiction readers can enjoy but hey, it was written in 2011. also the whole portrayal of mental health was kinda sucky. but the symptoms for the most part were kind of accurate!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail