Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

5 reviews

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I reread the Mara Dyer trilogy on a whim, mostly because it was a series that I adored when I was twelve. While I did not enjoy the books nearly as much now as I did then, I still valued what the books did for me as an adolescent who faced some of the same things (though not nearly to as extreme of a degree) as Mara. While a mature perspective reveals the books to be more often than not a problematic romanticization of many kinds of mental illness and a fetishization of trauma, I come away with gratitude that Mara Dyer existed during a time when I did not have the emotional vocabulary to describe my experiences. 

Please mind the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Rape, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Gore, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Miscarriage and Infertility

violetvulptex's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Body horror, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide attempt, Torture, Abortion, Kidnapping, Rape, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Racism, Vomit, Dementia, Fatphobia, Suicide, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

breanna_pashak's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

Honestly couldn’t believe how utterly dark this book went. Only reason I finished it was because i already invested myself to the third book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Vomit

laurenevlyn's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I can’t even begin to describe how much I loved this series! Mara is a wonderfully written morally grey character, and her suffering pains me to my core and that’s how you know she’s well written. The little amount of Noah in this book is criminal, but I will excuse it because his small amount of scenes only made me live him more. I cried so hard for him, but mostly for Mara. Even writing this review is making me emotional haha.

the unfairness of her existence and her brief death had me practically sobbing. The letter from her grandmother though, that’s what broke me. “It isn’t your fault. It’s nothing you did.” I don’t know why but that just tore my heart into a million pieces.

Anyways, I loved this book. It was a bit slow in the middle but it was so worth it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Blood, Child death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Infertility, Cancer, Vomit, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism

tayamarieh's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture