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shadoz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Minor: Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Rape, Gaslighting, and Mental illness
coco78337's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Incest
ggcd1981's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Medical content, Grief, Rape, and Suicide
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Child abuse
readwithbells's review against another edition
4.0
I think if I thought more about the implications of the entity and the story’s ending itself, I might have some more complicated feelings about the story and its discussion of mental illness, but I think the author did his best to approach mental illness and psychiatric wards with an empathetic eye and in the end,
Fun for what it was! Definitely unsettling, definitely creepy, certainly earns its title of horror. I went into this expecting absolutely nothing and was pleasantly surprised.
Graphic: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Medical content, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Suicide attempt
louisallama's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Mental illness
goblinghost_39's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Child abuse, Excrement, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Suicide
sneakers6772's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Rape, and Self harm
johoha93's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Moderate: Child death
katiebella_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A psychological thriller or a nightmaric fever dream. From one moment to the next, the reader is hung is suspense and is never quite sure what is really going on. This book is highly underrated and overlooked! Honing in on the same feelings as reading a Poe short story, this author does a suburb job of capturing the horror of true evil.
Dr H. is a new young psychiatrist, newly assigned to a mental ward. with the zeal of the young he offers to take on the incurable patient "Joe." Joe has a bad rap of being a danger to those around him. The first few chapters are an ominous build-up of why everyone is kept away from him. Everyone who comes in contact seems to commit suicide.
Dr. H becomes obsessed with diagnosing him, convinced that he will find something that every Dr has missed in almost 30 years of incare treatment. But Dr. H is just smart enough to be a danger to himself as he begins to suspect everyone around him of gross negligence towards the patient.
This book is told in first person, from the perspective of Dr. H, as he relays it to an online support group. The writing is suburb. The characters are so well drawn out that you feel like you know them personally. The graphic description of events leaves little to be desired. I found nothing wanting or lacking in this book.
******trigger warning - child rape, child abuse, child death.
Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, and Pedophilia
coffeeandnonsense's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Rape, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis