Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

21 reviews

mrsredfield's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Murder

assembledbats's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

adrilynn21's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

priscillarobock's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

unluckycat13's review against another edition

dark mysterious

2.0

This book had and lost me so many times. It feels like it never got edited, so much of it is both unnecessary and unenjoyable. The romance is obligatory and the personal drama isn't well done. This is basically an inferior version of the author's last book. Any flaw has been magnified. The ending doesn't really make sense because they already ruled it out earlier in the book as course of action and it's incredibly unclear what changed. 

The exposition is extremely clunky. At times I felt talked down to, but the worst part was having something explained to me the having it explained to the characters multiple times. That should really only happen if it's complex information. 

I really don't understand the protagonist at all. "I loved my evil father because he was only 99% evil" definitely is a take. 

The good points of the book rely entirely on the fact sci-fi horror is a rare genre and is enjoyable in terms of content exclusively in that domain. 

The characters are wildly unlikable and mostly do not grow at all. I don't know how I feel about that but it sure was a choice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

dreadspawn's review

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Suicide

skywardstorytelling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Pros: Very creepy. There were a lot of little details that all coalesced to create the horror, which was very effective to maintain tension. The novel covers a lot of good points re: mental health and dealing with trauma, using horror as a lens to talk about these things. The Big Bad was quite nightmarish and a well-conceived blend of a couple of sci-fi horror tropes.

Cons: Unlike Dead Silence, I felt as though this narrative didn't have a lot of force behind it. The stakes felt lower, despite being objectively higher - the foundations for the shock at the plot reveals and rooting for the characters were not as well laid here. I found Ophelia a frustrating protagonist - she is ineffectual at the best of times, which made her denouement feel almost out of character. The plot was more amorphous and I had a lot of questions left by the end of the novel, making some of the major scenes feel more like set dressing for shock value rather than major plot points. I also disliked the implied romance between Ophelia and Ethan - it follows a disappointly generic romance novel arc and yet has no real payoff. It seems like it was the only way the author could think of to get Ophelia to care about Ethan, even though their conversations were good setup for mutual respect and trust without lingering on the potential of "more" that we never see played out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

anarmandameg's review

dark tense fast-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

4.0

Ew.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Dementia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

eed8's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Classism