Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres by Stieg Larsson

37 reviews

solaceinliterature's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

annah_jade's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Not the ending I had hoped for, but a good ending overall. The book itself took a bit to get into, but it was definitely an interesting read. Be warned though, it does get extremely graphic in some scenes containing sexuality and violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

justmasha's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

uh honestly an incredible, gripping book. i have nothing to fault. i liked the characters and the story and the themes. the writing was well done and played like a movie and have insight into swedish culture actually. it was in that omniscient third person - close enough to  get into everyone’s heads but far enough to stay mostly away from their hearts. 
a few late nights i’d get those creepy vibes and have the urge to close my blinds all the way. a few times i was really horrified by what i was reading, really disgusted. 
the main murder mystery seemed to be book-ended by the “wennerström affair” which i personally didn’t find as entertaining but in stuck with it for mikael’s sake. 
idk if this book was a “life changing favourite” so i think that’s why it’s just shy of 5 stars but a really really good book which, at the beginning, made me feel really cold from the snow 🌬❄️🐉 
i’d love to reread without rushing through the juicy parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Incest

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

rob213's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Car accident

ginny1321's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Rape, Misogyny, Murder, Incest, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Car accident, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

jennifer72's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I listened to the audio book narrated by Simon Vance. It was riveting especially once it got going. In the beginning I had to concentrate more and focus to learn the characters. This isn't the typical genre I read or listen to. It did have graphic violence which isn't my thing, but there were admirable characters and an interesting plot. I also learned a little bit about Sweden which was interesting to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Mental illness, and Gore

aoakley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence