Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

17 reviews

hanschub's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

definitely dark and not suitable for most (i’d say). read content warnings and trigger warnings before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Stalking, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Drug use

marieke17's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, Body horror, Rape, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Incest, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

izadora_bc's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Gore and Mental illness

brookey8888's review

dark tense fast-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

4.0

Listen I don’t even know. This is really not for everyone and I even had to skim read a part because that was a little to much for me, but other than that this was good. I thought the dynamic was interesting and not something I usually read. The stalker didn’t happen until like the second half of the book which I wasn’t expecting. Honestly if you don’t read dark romance do not read this and if you want to venture into dark romance don’t start with this. The list of content warnings at the beginning gagged me because spider play. I just reread the content warnings and I must of skipped past the warning of what I skim read( but it’s because that was her “dad”). The writing also wasn’t the greatest either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Rape

waywarddaughter91's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

This was an interesting read. I tend to read books without knowing anything about them besides what genre they fall under even though I don't know about all of them. When I realized it was about two people who were adopted by the same people I thought oh ok I can work with this since they don't see it that way but throughout the whole book it contradicted between Oh you are my sibling to Oh I don't see you that way so that made it a hint uncomfortable at times but I get that's a trope that a lot of people are into. It doesn't bother me but it also doesn't do anything for me. The spice was fantastic and quite dark. I felt for the MMC and my heart broke for him and the MFC. Overall I enjoyed this book. I don't know if I will go back and ever read it again but it was enjoyable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Blood

Minor: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

book_s1ut's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Incest

Moderate: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Murder, and Child abuse

averirachel's review

challenging dark fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Death

heikellj's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Mental illness

kasara_elisa's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Sexual content, Gore, and Violence

willowmcquerry's review

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

5.0

Omg. I didn’t want this book to ever end. 😭 

It’s dark. It’s taboo. It’s spicy. It’s everything! 

This is by far the best foster sibling book I’ve read. I really enjoyed him being a selective mute and how she accepted him even as a child. There were times I wanted to strangle her and tell her to stop being so stupid but this book is chefs kiss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence