Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Come Closer by Sara Gran

12 reviews

takecoverbooksptbo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

Come Closer is a deeply unsettling book that not only convincingly captures the horror of demonic possession but also provides an alarming analysis of how quickly intimate relationships can fall apart as we become more alienated and more fragmented in our thought processes. Despite the potent metaphor at the core of the book, it’s also a damn good horror story that will leave you unsettled and more than a little unsure of your own sanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Child death, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Misogyny, Homophobia, and Rape

iconicavocado's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Bullying

Minor: Cursing and Homophobia

hazelnutliz's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, and Domestic abuse

c_alma_d's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Mental illness

frekdal's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, Gore, and Murder

gknott's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

baileyt2424's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gore, Blood, Infidelity, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I quite enjoyed this short little read. It was a take on demonic possession I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced before, a very realistic downfall of questioning your own sanity and the feelings of losing control. I liked the interactions with the main character and the demon, the false sense of security the demon created for her while she was vulnerable truly manipulating her to the let the demon in. 

I really enjoyed the parts where I wasn’t even sure if they actually happened, like the doctors visits that only made the possession take more of a hold and when our main character (can you tell I can’t remember her name, I think it was Amanda) would run into other people who seemed to have demonic energy within them. I also thought the freakiest part was the sad excuse for an exorcism and the description of the demon just kind of skittering around in the darkness of her mind’s safe space.

Overall this was a solid, short, spooky read perfect for my Halloween/Fall TBR. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Vomit, and Medical trauma

Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, and Death of parent

breezer's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

What a wild ride, the more I think about it the more chilling it gets

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

madarauchiha's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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I liked that it wasn't a The Exorcist rip off or mimic, how bleak it was, the use of religious myth, and how fucked up the ending was.

major body horror, child abuse, death, dog attacks, dogs, drowning, homophobia, homophobic f slur, mental illness, prisons, unsanitary

medium alcohol, bone fractures, female on male rape, incest, injuries, rape, violence

minor classism, domestic abuse, drowning, drug use smoking tobacco, addiction, infidelity, parental death, psychosis?, sexual content, vomit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Confinement, Body horror, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Alcohol, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Classism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, and Drug use