Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner

9 reviews

themisscaitlin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Miscarriage

Moderate: Violence and Rape

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

It had a slow start and multiple  unlikeable and unreliable narrators. About three quarters of the way through I found I could not put it diwn. It was a clever ending, but I wish it had been revealed in less of a direct way.  The audiobook narrator was excellent. It's a interesting thriller where no one can or should be trusted.  I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Death

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexism, Gaslighting, Car accident, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Toxic friendship, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, and Physical abuse

bobbeym's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was an interesting book to read.  I'm glad I knew to expect the first half to be slow; if not, I'd probably have DNF'd it.  There was a lot of build up on the characters and the plot but when it finally picked up, it really picked up.  

I loved the short quick chapters from the differing point of views. It's always enjoyable to me when I can see the story through someone else's eyes and not just the MC.  There are red herrings and twists throughout the book and it was fun to wonder what was what and see how it finally all played out.

Rated 3/5, and recommended to those that like mysteries (thrillers might be stretching it just a bit) and can make it through the first half of a slow book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Infertility, Alcohol, Miscarriage, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Death of parent, Car accident, and Gaslighting

jessgrace88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Vomit, Rape, Infidelity, and Drug use

Minor: Stalking, Car accident, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

jessbailey24's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The ending is a bit of a cliffhanger and oh I wish it wasn’t! It was a good choice I’m just greedy with endings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

marigoldgem's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

I was excited to solve the mystery of the book when I first started it but by the end it just felt so dragged out. I mean you guess most of the stuff not even half way through the book and the surprises aren’t so shocking. Not a bad book overall but I wouldn’t reach for it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

greatestheights's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Infertility, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Death

A tense, well-written read that I finished in a day — I had to know what happened next! The author also sensitively handled some really tough topics without pulling punches about the reality of living through them. The ending was also really satisfying.

shel_bay11's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Suicide, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Murder, Car accident, and Suicide attempt