Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

144 reviews

melarain78's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking

Spider play.... Screwdriver play 😳 It was a wild ride hahahahahaha

cryptidcaolan's review against another edition

2.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting

rayesp's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

elrad515's review against another edition

4.0

dark fast-paced

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If you know me, don’t judge me. I don’t even know how to feel about this one. I couldn’t stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking

ermunleybooks's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

nikkikeyesreadsbooks's review against another edition

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Triggers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence

sarianotsorry's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking

kyras_reads's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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DISCLAIMER: I listened to the audio for this one and my rating probably wouldn’t have been quite as high if not for the spectacular narration. 

The first 50% of this book had me in an absolute CHOKEHOLD. My gawddddd. 🥵 
Then it took a turn. This turn had me laughing and making faces because what the actual f*ck was that?! But ugh, I still loved it. So I guess that says more about me than it does about the book. 

These two were brought into a family that, let’s be honest… sucks, and weren’t exactly in a nurturing environment to overcome their respective traumatic childhoods. But, they clung to each other and their relationship developed into a toxic, co-dependent, secretly have the hots for each other foster sibling bond. And I ate it up! 

I’ll agree the ending felt a little chaotic and rushed but to be fair the entirety of the book was messy as hell. These two found their way back to each other after some of the weirdest things I’ve ever read happened…. there was a gas mask and a spider involved. And I’m not even a little mad. 

I definitely need some more Malachi and Olivia. On to Little Liar we go! 🕷️ 

Tropes:
Foster Siblings
Stalker
Masked MMC
Revenge 
Mute MMC/Brat FMC

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

booknerdcoco's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

thereadingprincess's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is dark I read it because of the TikTok sound please choose me no one ever chooses me and I seen everyone talking about it and I tried it and this book is fluffed up yes I know it's supposed to be dark but it's dark!

their parents set them up to be twisted from the start

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent