Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

6 reviews

parkergarlough's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Misogyny, Grief, Gore, Lesbophobia, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

torismazarine's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, Car accident, Classism, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

raynbowkitty's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

This book made me feel physically ill several times. Tough, but intriguing story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, War, Body horror, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Vomit, Mental illness, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent

nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

The author did a fantastic job with the actual horror aspects & overall creepiness. The characters were OK but not entirely likable apart from the younger sister IMO. The writing was also just okay with the exception of a couple of great lines sprinkled here and there. The story felt VERY slow yet some of the aspects felt rushed at the end. 

I’m honestly having a hard time pinpointing how I feel about this book. I found it somewhat enjoyable but not extremely memorable. I think the potential is there but it didn’t quite reach it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Body horror, and Vomit

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Animal death

khakipantsofsex's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Racism, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Slavery, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

buxomfloozy's review against another edition

dark slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Death