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The Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby

3 reviews

hippidom's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Characters were fantastic and complicated. The story was completely absorbing.  Parts were a little graphic but I had a hard time putting it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Police brutality, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Torture, Rape, Stalking, Violence, and Death

kaitlynnnng's review

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

4.5

This story is WILD. It definitely deserves its name, because it put me through an emotional rollercoaster.

The first half of the series was much more tense and mysterious, as the second half was a bit more predictable, but I was still on the edge of my seat the whole time.

The writing did get repetitive and cliche at times, and I naturally skimmed over some of it toward the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, and Incest

Moderate: Car accident, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Stalking, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Infertility

lea_talisa's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This was indescribable and I have no words right now. I loved this so much it captivated me and made me finish this series as fast as possible.
Though my ratings are always generous I rarely ever give a book 5 stars but for this series it’s worth it.

The structure reminded me of a tv series like the way things happened and everything felt more like it’s common in tv as in books.

The whole situation made me veeery nervous a lot of times. So for me this definitely wasn’t a chill read but an emotionally extremely demanding one.

As I said I don’t have any words right now for the whole story except for how incredible it is and how much I loved it.

Near the ending there is a time jump to three months later which made me want to throw the book across the room. This was the first moment I did not like reading the book, yet it was important for the plot and characters to have those three months of uncertainty.

The author manages to make you feel every emotion. Not one second through this journey was I bored or easily distracted, which often is a problem for me. My concentration was always one hundred percent with the characters and as everything began to come to end I was so nervous desperately hoping for a good ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Child abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Gun violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Infertility

Minor: Kidnapping, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Bullying