Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Risk by S.T. Abby

15 reviews

themissingbookmark's review

dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Rape, Murder, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, Car accident, and Religious bigotry

ellaticonstellation's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This novel is disturbing. It broke me that Lana had to experience horrible things in her life. Plus the death of her brother is so sad. Her mind is super dark and her humor even darker. Agent Logan Bennet might be a great FBI profiler, but when it comes to his romantic interests, he is blind because of her charms. Damn, he will kick himself later when he finds out and I’m here for it. The twisted serial killing/revenge had me on the edge of my seat. Thank you, S. T. Abby, for this. No wonder your pen name is STABBY, lol. This is a great start to the series.💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Confinement, Physical abuse, Cursing, Gaslighting, Violence, and Death

pinkcashew's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This will serve as my review for the entire series, FYI.

ONE OF THE BOOKS THAT ONCE YOU PICK UP YOU'LL NEVER GET, I MEAN, NEVER WANT TO PUT DOWN. 

At first, I am very very hesitant to read it because of the cover but man, ay yayay

I cannot get over how amazingly written this book is. The author's ability to build suspense and keep me guessing until the very end is genuinely remarkable. 

 The story had me on the edge of my seat and so eager to know it all. It's such a gruesome, graphic read that I cried and cried because I felt so angry. I didn't know I could feel my heart stripped of sadness and rage all at once. 

This is one of the books I will never get tired of recommending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Cursing, and Death

halliot's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Rape, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

aklovekorn's review

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Death, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Child death, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Misogyny, Car accident, and Death of parent

theonewheresamreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Uh oh spaghetti-o 😬 hdhdhdhdh no this book is so fun tho🤩🥰 short too, ignore that it took me 12 days to finish🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Police brutality, Rape, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Stalking, Vomit, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Homophobia, Outing, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Classism, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Medical content, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

kcmg710's review

dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

So fucking hooked omg!!!

FIRSTLY WTF WAS THAT CLIFFHANGER!?

You can’t just end a book like that 😂

I feel as though that was all part 1 of  a super chunky book. Like although there was only 130 (ish) pages a lot got said and nothing got said at the same time 🤦🏽‍♀️😂. 
Does that make sense!? 

Either way I’m really hooked and I’m about to download the next one to start reading, loved Lana and Logan and can’t wait to see more of what’s to come with their relationship and the rest of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Blood, Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, and Homophobia

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

readwith_le's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Stalking, Torture, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, and Child abuse

michellek's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I don’t love the writing style, but the story is very captivating. I read it in 2 days. (I do think it is Criminal Minds fanfiction, or was so originally.) The dialogue feels very fanfiction, but I already know I’m going to keep reading this series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual content, Homophobia, Murder, Vomit, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

questionablereads's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

This is a great opener into Lana and Logan’s story. I love when the FMC is the “crazy” one with a killer habit, and it pairs nicely with our FBI good guy love interest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Death, Gun violence, and Murder