Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

11 reviews

hmetwade's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Incest, Rape, Child abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

chestylarue's review

dark mysterious sad 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

I couldn’t bring myself to like a single character in this book. I only finished it because my curiosity wouldn’t let me not find out what happened. The plot was quite interesting but the characters were totally unlikeable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Stalking, Rape, Murder, and Mental illness

peachani's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Stalking, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Classism, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

zerkleoflife's review

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was written well, and I enjoyed the mystery! I guessed a couple of the twists, but there were several I didn’t see coming!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking, Infidelity, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, Cancer, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Incest, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism, Confinement, Infertility, and Police brutality

frogggirl2's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This is a very middling, generic sort of thriller.  It's serviceable - it doesn't fail at anything particularly - it's just formulaic and it's easy to foresee the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Alcoholism, Rape, Stalking, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, and Pedophilia

Minor: Infertility

book_turtle's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Mental illness, Child abuse, Death, and Rape

kriz01ws6's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Incest, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

ekmook's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, and Violence

onion's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

mollyr90's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I very much enjoyed this crime drama/murder mystery. I thought the author did a good job using a murder mystery to highlight flaws in seemingly perfect marriages. The characters were amazingly despicable. Certain characters I felt were more realistic than others. I recommend for crime drama lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness