Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

374 reviews

caytiecadence's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Wow, this book was nothing like what I was expecting. I agree with those that say going into this as blind as possible is best. I knew very little outside of the synopsis and that there was a cat that was fun to read their perspective of. 

It feels wrong to call this a horror book. Ted didn't do anything wrong, having DID made his life better and worse. Giving him humanity after explaining what happened to the missing girl and other children made me want to go back and reread the whole book to see the things I bet I missed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Alcoholism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Vomit, Death of parent, and Blood

thecryptsleeper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Torture, Self harm, and Death

This book explores

disassociative identity disorder

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kyliejade322's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, Addiction, Torture, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Animal death, Homophobia, Child abuse, Self harm, and Death of parent

swit2900's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Violence, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Torture, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Vomit, Stalking, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

l0v3lu's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Addiction, Torture, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Violence, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Medical content, and Mental illness

childdeirdre's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

This book went progressively (even if too slowly) from "this is not going to end well" to "WHAT THE ACTUAL F***!". And suddenly you just don't want to look anymore. But you can't turn away either.
5 stars to the narrator. Highly recommended as audiobook. I couldn't have done all that in my head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicide

adventureinreading's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Child death

spaghettii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.0

Somewhat predictable, did not love the mental health as a plot device but I think it was done with good intentions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Grief, Violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Body horror, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Child death, Dementia, and Suicidal thoughts

laneychaney's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Kidnapping

paulalourido's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Self harm