Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

33 reviews

kaia24's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Classism, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Animal death, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Bullying, Addiction, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Mental illness

maddieads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

An incredibly well-written book by Gillian Flynn. Although all of her books are dark I think this one is the darkest. I had DNF’d it several years ago and just recently picked it back up. I remembered why almost right away. It’s a book that makes you viciously uncomfortable at almost every turn. This is not a book with a happy ending but it does have a fitting one. There are definitely major trigger warnings to go with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Violence, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Vomit

yeoldeeclair's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Child death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy

haley_price's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual assault

keijiwolf's review

dark mysterious

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

morganegrant's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

whatsjessreading's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

seabrook's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Bullying and Pregnancy

sadyfg's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism

ashley_books_cats_judo's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Vomit