Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

The Creeper Man by Dawn Kurtagich

9 reviews

arlenren's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Do you like staying up to gone midnight helplessly sobbing over a book? If so, read this one.

I wasn't sure when I opened it, because I could see that Kurtagich was doing interesting things with font and format that made the book feel a little young for me...but then I reminded myself that this was a book for teemagers and I am an adult, and I got over that pretty quickly. The moment I got into the flow of this book I couldn't escape. I read this in a single evening, unable to sleep until I'd finished it, even if I did have to pause to scrub the tears from my face right at the end. I wouldn't say that I found this book scary, and there were only two parts which unsettled me, but horror is a very personal thing. To someone in the target audience, this could well be far creepier. The tension was excellently maintained throughout without becoming so claustrophobic that I had to put it down, and the unraveling of the truth broke my heart. This book HURT and it was so damn cathartic. This one is going to stay with me for a long time. Please do check the trigger warnings as it very deftly deals with a number of sensitive topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Self harm, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Child death

Minor: Animal death

silea's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

Reasonably well-written, but the twist/conclusion did not work for me at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Terminal illness and Child abuse

Minor: Excrement, Eating disorder, Vomit, and War

thatbookgirl8698's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of the craziest books I have read. I did not expect the ending at all. But I loved it all the same

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Death, and Child abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

katkinslee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, and Suicide

thenovelmaura's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.0

I was trying to read something spooky before Halloween so I picked up this old 2016 BEA ARC, and there were creepy elements to this one that I liked. But the ending completely ruined and cheapened the rest of the story for me. It also didn't make sense; I essentially wished I hadn't finished the book because I would have enjoyed it more if I had stopped halfway through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Eating disorder

spang's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder

rosemarygrace1211's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

jnwhit94's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Eating disorder and Child abuse

jenny_d's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Animal death, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Grief