Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

42 reviews

cheski_'s review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

3.75

A book filled with dark academia, whiskey and smoke, it will take you on a trip of moral questioning, spinning of reality and show you how it really feels to have blood on your hands. Despite being a detail heavy, slow moving read, you’ll find something strangely enticing about this book which will stay with you right to the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

This is a long, unsettling read and could be a challenging one to get through.

aditi_801's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

WOW. This book. It honestly leaves me speechless, yet I have a million thoughts running around in my head. So much was happening. I hated every character except perhaps Francis who was slightly less hateable. You'd thing hating all the characters would be a turn off, but it only made the reading experience more delightful. I normally don't leave a spoiler including review, so let's go over this book without any spoilers. Bunny has been killed by his closest friends. Why? Well it's insanely complicated but maybe because of mr. manupalative and psychotic Henry. Robert was the craziest narrator i've ever had the experience of encountering. With his naive, trusting, and dumb nature, you sometimes had no way to differentiate what actually happened and what he thought happened. You could never trust him. Francis, the gay rich boy was probably the most likeable character because of his lack of pyschotic nature and mostly friendly persona. Charles and Camilla (the sus twins) are self explanatory enough. The writing in this book overall, was an experience in itself that you simply cannot miss. It kept me enaged the entire time in it's tragic beauty. Seeing Robert's view of beautifying everything he see's was so unique. Most of the books I read are from sarcastic narators that hate the world, so this was a nice change. Overall, I love this book so much that I want to tear it up, toss the pieces in the sea, and jump in with it. Beauty is terror, after all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Incest, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

quinn24's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Car accident

plxtoprojector's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

gcalvin533's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia

rileaf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Incest, Mental illness, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body horror, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Blood

caoimhekilleen's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

audryz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

snowypineapples's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I really struggled to write something about this book. But it's a book that I think about regularly and is really impactful. It critiques the pretentious atmospheres that isolates those inside from the reality of everyone else. If you want something reflective and emotional, this book is for you. 
It fits the dark academia aesthetic/genre so if that's what you're looking for this book is for you. But with that said it's not a book thats just "aesthetic" there's a meaning a critique of those who isolate themselves and view themselves as more intelligent than others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

li_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Sexual harassment