Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

They All Died Screaming by Kristopher Triana

3 reviews

killmoore_'s review

dark tense fast-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

This was disgusting and I loved it. I guessed our big twist about halfway through, but wasn't disappointed.

Chucky and Les forever. Just two scumbags trying to fill the void. 

Definitely check your trigger warnings, because this one is rough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Excrement, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Death, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Torture, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Drug use, Medical content, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Vomit

ropey's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.5

This book is written in two perspectives. One from a kidnapped boy and a terrible man. Everyone is despicable and the book stretches this to the seams. True to the extreme horror genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Cannibalism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Alcohol, Animal death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Violence

e_gracereads's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I actually surprisingly liked this book? It was fucking gross, for starters — I dont have any triggers, not much really makes me feel anything, but some of the visuals in this made me, uh, nauseous. To say the least. 

However, I liked how everything came together at the end, and I enjoy a good, bleak horror novel. 

And this was bleak. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Ableism, Animal death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder