Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers

144 reviews

kkelly04's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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🔥🔥🔥🔥 wow 😮 what did I just read………. I don’t know but what I do know is it was 🥵 please check the trigger warnings before jumping on this crazy rollercoaster of a read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking

hannaspages's review against another edition

2.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book feels like a fever dream… 
I was told that Malachi was a Zade dupe but he is giving schizophrenia/ an autistic joker vibe instead. 
Some of the scenes really threw me for a loop though,

like when he shoved a skrewdriver up the fmc’s ass?

I would say that this book is more like ‘The Dare’ and not Haunting Adeline, it’s definitely heavy on the kinks.
Some of the scenes don’t make sense as well, like the end

where the father that Malachi almost killed and whose blood he fucked his sister in, suddenly just accepts that his kids are in a relationship…

The 2 stars I gave are for the narrators because they were actually good, but the story lacked plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

siw_reads's review against another edition

3.75

dark 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: Complicated

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This is dark aaaand very very taboo, read the trigger warnings!

The Audio is amazing! Had to tell myself over and over that they are not related siblings!🙈  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Rape

poupimali's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was… interesting.
Obviously taboo af.
The development of the FMC was a bit inconsistent. Like she switched to a sweet girl to a most devious person than her brother. It was a bit odd. 
But that’s okay. You have the right to be perfectly f*cked up with Malachi as a "brother".
This book is right on top of my « WTF AM I READING? » shelf.

I loved the audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking

Minor: Child abuse