Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

8 reviews

milliemudd's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, and Sexism

Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

woolerys's review

dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.0

Another gem from Nghi Vo. This one is a little scarier/creepier than the others in the series! Things turned over so fast that I was not keeping up, as a reader—but I believe that’s the intent, as our beloved cleric does not really keep up, either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Body horror

A note about the adult/minor relationship CW:

It's actually not, but Chih (and thus the reader) is under the delusion for at least half the book—plenty of time to feel disturbed by the situation.

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Gore

susanatherly's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, and Mental illness

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Blood

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED this installment in the Singing Hills cycle. Each novella brings us a new spin on the story-within-a-story framework, and each explores a new corner within that framework - grief and memory (Mammoths at the Gate), history's storytellers and shapers (When the Tigers Came Down the Mountain), history's celebrated and forgotten (Into the Riverlands), the power of the forgotten to bend and break empires (The Empress of Salt and Fortune), and now, with the Brides of High Hill, the illusion - and temptation - of control. This story is an expertly woven tale that almost feels like a fever dream, as it leans more into horror than previous installments. Highly recommend the entire cycle, but this one now ranks among my favorites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Confinement, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Drug use

mar's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

HOLY SHIT

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse, Body horror, and Drug abuse

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Gaslighting, Rape, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse