Reviews with content warning for Mental illness - Little Stranger

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Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

144 reviews

annikenr's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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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mariam01's review against another edition

1.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Just no

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liaantje's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

This is the most messen up shit I have ever read, but I did love it. The seconden part was beter than the first. And the made being relaxed a kink, bluegh.

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jessanicolesingh's review against another edition

4.5

dark 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: Yes

I LOVED this book and Malachi Vize, there is definitely something wrong with me. He is obsessive, possessive, a selective mute, and a literal diagnosed psychopath (ASPD) who takes the touch-her-and-die trope to the extreme. Was it fucked up? Yes. Were there a few plot holes? Yes. Was I obsessed? HELL YES!!!

There is a laundry list of content warnings; a taboo relationship between foster siblings, sexual content, and violence among other things. Normally when I read trigger warnings I'm like “yeah yeah yeah whatever”, but some one the things in this book had me wide eyed and double taking that they actually happened 👀 This book contains the taboo of Credence and The Tearsmith, the smut and kinks of The Sinner (LORDS series), and the obsessive stalking of Haunting Adeline, but with a much darker, arguably morally-black, MMC. In other words, a combination of some of my favorite things! This is not your beginners guide to dark romance, if you don’t enjoy the nature of the previously mentioned reads then don't even think about coming near this book.

Now for the main drawback, this book was WAY too short at only 207 pages (digital) and had a rather rushed ending. I desperately needed it to be longer, and if it was, it would have undoubtedly earned a 5 ⭐ from me. On the bright side, the second part of the duet comes out in September!

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ximenavvp's review against another edition

2.5

dark fast-paced

Very entertaining for what it is

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fantasy_fiction_and_fae's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

This is dark, twisted and disturbing. Not for those who are sensitive to explicit situations and open-door romance. Mainly, the high score I give this book is due to the male narrator Joe Arden. His portrayal of Malachi is phenomenal. It's passionate, scary, heartbreaking, dirty and insane.

If you like dark romance, I suggest listening to the book to get the full experience of this character.

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levzies's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

4.5 ✨
4.5 🌶️

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Dark / Taboo • Revenge • Long List of Trigger Warnings • If you don’t like Dark / Problematic / messed up Romances this is not for you.

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Fucked Up! 🫣 This book will have you questioning yourself 🤣

This made Haunting Adeline look like child’s play. Something about a mute psychopath who some how is emotional, gets me. I appreciate the author adding his POV in part II adding to the tension & overall creepiness of these two.

Look there are seriously horrible & questionable acts in this book but the author some how made me forget them in the next scene. I disliked Olivia and her inner dialogue. Her sick sick sick sick repetition, words & choices frustrated me.

Malachi, Kai… ummm yeah… let’s just say they were made for each other

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