Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

39 reviews

acuriousreaderr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Torture, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death

glubprince's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

kathkas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

laurxndx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kelseyr713's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this twisty thriller. Not many loose threads left at the end, but enough for a final twist of the knife. I made a few predictions while reading and none of them were correct! I would be curious about a sequel, I think there’s certainly enough here for one.

Reread in 2022 before reading the sequel, yay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, and Alcohol

silver_lining125's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent

macaronsandmermaids's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Infertility, Blood, and Grief

sadhbhdunne's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Death of parent

__whatemilyread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Grief