Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Mentiras do amor by Ana Huang, Ana Huang

21 reviews

solxread's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Okay I kid you not this book is one of the most underatted in the series! I'm not ready to leave them but I cannot wait for the if love series or king of wrath!

And Stella being pregnant!? Plus i need to know if Jules and Josh have gotten marrier or not yet.

I hate Julian. He needed therapy, badly. Fucking love Christian hes my fav!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual harassment

shellswithabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Vomit

starredbyalice's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

Ana Huang loooves a 2010s CW plot twist reveal and villain monologue. She also looooves trying to make the novel a dark romance by adding elements that were not necessary at all to the plot… like just embrace your love for a romcom!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sleepy_bookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

First of all, I love that we have a character with anxiety. I feel like Stella portrayed a representation of it so accurately. Secondly, I was so nervous to start this book because of my feelings toward Twisted Hate. However, I am happy to say this is probably my favorite book in the series next to Twisted Love. I really enjoyed the mystery aspects in this story as well. I'm looking forward to reading Dante's story in King of Wrath.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Suicide, Dementia, and Pregnancy

krosebooks's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Firrst off I am biased because I don't love Ana Huang's writing, but they always seem to hook me just like Twisted Lies. This book is chessy and unrealistic. There were many parts of the plot that didn't add up to me and those unrealistoc parts dampned the book for me. 

Out of the whole series I would say this book is 3rd and the 1st book is last. To be fair even in the book Ana Huang states that it is cheesy so I don't really fault her. I just didn't particularly get entranced by this book because of that, but her writing intruged me enough to rread thhe whole series so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

gracewingham's review against another edition

dark funny slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

destinynichole11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

I think this book was by far the best in the series it had a stronger more intriguing plot. There was more depth and detail to it.

worldofv33's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

samflowerv6's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

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

3.75

 “To everyone whose favorite color is morally gray.”
Give it up for Stella and Christian. The butterfly and her brooding protector.  I will say I have a soft spot for Ava and Alex, since they were the first in the series but I think this one was my favorite in the series. Christian was obsessed and protective, perfect book boyfriend material. I did think it was a bit long, but I understand the need to round out the series as well as possible, which was done well. Stella was the most relatable twisted girl to me, and therefore I felt the most connected to this story. Some of my favorite scenes were when all the couples reunited for parties and events. Some parts dragged a little in the first few hundred pages but the slow burn was slow burning. I cannot be mad at that. Overall, no matter how many romance books I read, my twisted babies will always have a place in my heart.... Christian and Stella for the win.

 “Careful, Stella.” His low warning pulsed between my legs. “I’m not the gentleman you think I am.”
… My reply fought it’s way past my dry throat.
“I don’t think you’re a gentleman at all.”
A slow, lazy smile tugged at his lips. “Smart girl.”

 “I will always be here if you need me, no matter how far in distance or time. I don’t care if we’re on different continents or if it’s five, fifty years in the future. I never want you to wake up and feel like you’re alone because you’re not. You’ll always have me.”

BEST TWISTED COUPLE I SAID WHAT I SAID

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent