Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

De verborgen geschiedenis by Donna Tartt

36 reviews

forka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Incest, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Death, Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

stelladafloresta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Mental illness, Drug use, Incest, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Xenophobia, Classism, Homophobia, and Misogyny

alite428's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship

idajoh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

5.0

I've never once in my life wanted to analyze a book actively and in-debth before I read this book. I feel like I have to re-read to catch all the nuances

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Suicide, Drug use, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual content

cheski_'s review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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? Yes

3.75

A book filled with dark academia, whiskey and smoke, it will take you on a trip of moral questioning, spinning of reality and show you how it really feels to have blood on your hands. Despite being a detail heavy, slow moving read, you’ll find something strangely enticing about this book which will stay with you right to the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Murder and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

This is a long, unsettling read and could be a challenging one to get through.

aditi_801's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

WOW. This book. It honestly leaves me speechless, yet I have a million thoughts running around in my head. So much was happening. I hated every character except perhaps Francis who was slightly less hateable. You'd thing hating all the characters would be a turn off, but it only made the reading experience more delightful. I normally don't leave a spoiler including review, so let's go over this book without any spoilers. Bunny has been killed by his closest friends. Why? Well it's insanely complicated but maybe because of mr. manupalative and psychotic Henry. Robert was the craziest narrator i've ever had the experience of encountering. With his naive, trusting, and dumb nature, you sometimes had no way to differentiate what actually happened and what he thought happened. You could never trust him. Francis, the gay rich boy was probably the most likeable character because of his lack of pyschotic nature and mostly friendly persona. Charles and Camilla (the sus twins) are self explanatory enough. The writing in this book overall, was an experience in itself that you simply cannot miss. It kept me enaged the entire time in it's tragic beauty. Seeing Robert's view of beautifying everything he see's was so unique. Most of the books I read are from sarcastic narators that hate the world, so this was a nice change. Overall, I love this book so much that I want to tear it up, toss the pieces in the sea, and jump in with it. Beauty is terror, after all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Homophobia, Violence, Islamophobia, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Animal death

quinn24's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Racial slurs, Death, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Self harm, Antisemitism, Classism, Islamophobia, and Racism

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Animal death

plxtoprojector's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Violence, Death, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness, Addiction, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexism, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gcalvin533's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Suicide

Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Incest, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Islamophobia, and Self harm

rileaf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Incest, Violence, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body horror, Blood, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Sexual content