Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

126 reviews

sare1125's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Excrement, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

starsiren's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

Didn't get what I expected, but what I got was great!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Self harm, Death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

holy_moly_colee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Murder, and Death

add_a_little_spook's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Bullying, and Alcohol

tertain's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

WOW!!! What a book!!!! The build up and the subject matter and the characters and the framing? Wow. One of my favorite books so far. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Mental illness

There is one scene in this book that is pretty sexually explicit, but only one. Its a

masturbation

scene, made me pretty uncomfortable, but it didn’t ruin the book for me or anything.

princess_marie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Death, Sexual content, Murder, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

carlylikethetvshow'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

One of my favorite books and also one I've re-read. I really like when horror books are a play on popular movies or books in pop culture. I also am a sucker for a plot involving a reality show/found footage/etc. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

is it a demon or is it mental illness?

jaedia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Alcoholism

jessicalarson125's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Self harm and Alcohol

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit