Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

God of Pain by Rina Kent

29 reviews

bluebell37's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment

bbygirl21's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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I have mixed feelings on this book. On one hand I loved Creighton and Annika, they're amazing. But I also really di n't like Creighton a good portion of the time as well. 

I love that they ended up together though. I think they're good for each other. They bring out parts of each other that wouldn't otherwise have been brought out of they didn't have each other. 

I really enjoyed this book overall. I just thought it was a bit slow and it didn't keep my attention hooked the entire way through. Out of the two books I've read so far from this series, this one isn't my favorite. I preferred the first book. But I would still recommend this book as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

readwthsam's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

bookdragong24's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

when the relationship of the main couple starts getting serious they are 20 and 17 (about a month before she's 18)

cinderulz's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual assault

djm_chal's review against another edition

1.5

dark medium-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

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Most of this book felt like watching a car crash, not enjoyable but unable to look away. There were points when I thought it wasn't horrible or that it might be getting better but would soon make me cringe again. Some things about this book just gave me the ick. I've DNF'ed books for way less in the past, but my curiosity got the best of me, and it was not worth it in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Murder

abreese's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging 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

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I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first one (it just felt more developed and had a more nuanced approach to trauma shaping a person) but the ending felt like it dragged a little. 

I also wish it had been made a little clearer that Creigh was running away from everything just as much an Anika was especially regarding the escape to the island. But that’s just a little nitpick frustration I had as a reader that made my faith start to waver.

Overall though I really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence

Minor: Suicide, Murder

britbrit29's review against another edition

5.0

dark sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death

emcbookshelf's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse