Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

144 reviews

alexis_s11's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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I really enjoyed this book. This is a dark story, so please check the trigger and content warnings before reading. This book is not for everyone, but if you like a little taboo and a morally grey/black character, you might enjoy this. The story and character development was amazing. Kept me on the edge and I just had to keep reading. I can’t wait for book 2 to come out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping

katie_holder's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Disturbing and creepy but I still liked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

theequeendee's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

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Total rating: 4.5/ 5. 
Spice rating: 4/5
Violence rating: 3.5/ 5 

This is a good read if you're into dark/ forbidden romance. The MMC reminds me of Tate from AHS personality wise but a mute.. This is on the taboo side with adoptive siblings. 

I would look up the triggers before reading this book, this book isn't for the faint of hearts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol

lulubellabooks's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Now, is Malachi actually batshit crazy clinically insane, or is he just in love🥰🥰😂

Olivia and Malachi are delulu, but I liked this😂

✨️(Please read the trigger warnings)✨️

Quotes:
📕If a masked stranger presses a screwdriver to your throat and tells you to run, what do you do?

📕Go kiss your future husband, little sister. And when you do, you better think about me and all the ways I’ll fuck you in his blood.

📕He broke Parker’s legs with his bat and shoved the handle of the bat down one of the other’s throats, dislocating their jaw and making them vomit blood.

📕Ridiculous—I don’t want to kill her; I want to crush her. There’s a difference.

📕No one could ever make her feel the way I do. Ever. And if they do, I’ll kill them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment

pairswellwithbooks's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder

kristynkelly's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

sheebsbooks's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

bialosqrska's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol

reese1987's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

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Joe Arden is a little TOO good at these types of characters. It's disconcerting. 


Also... just no. Dark is one thing. This is just... gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping

tiff_cooper's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Check trigger warnings before reading this book! It’s short but INTENSE! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail