Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Şeytanın Evi by John Marrs, Gülce Arman Bayrakçı

114 reviews

amalauna's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

moomae's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It started a little slow but there are so many twists along the way that it keeps you wanting to read on. 
The only thing that didn’t line up was the lack of police anywhere in the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

smileysam's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I found this book drew me in from the first couple of pages. It had many twists and turns and although I did catch a few, many a things still left me surprised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit

nialiversuch's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Sexual assault, Vomit, Dementia

kassidypf13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

doodlebeanz's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestly... this book FUCKED ME UP. It was such a wild ride and the more I read, the more chaotic and fucked up the story became. This book should've come with a list of trigger warnings like some dark romance novels do. This book touches on some very sensitive and dark things and the way it's written, it seems so casual and normal which was obviously the point. I also was having my own health anxieties while reading this book and the topics just exacerbated my own mental health/stress and I should've DNF'd it but I pushed through. That definitely clouds my judgment when it comes to this book. It was not a happy story, not a happy ending... no happiness found anywhere. I wish that I did put it down and come back when I was in a better headspace, I think I would've enjoyed it a lot more, but since I didn't do that I have to be honest with my review/star rating and that's a solid 2.5 for me. The story was interesting and INTENSE and WILD, it definitely kept my attention but there weren't many twists/turns like I want out of a psychological thriller. It was less thriller and more just a work of fiction, in my opinion. For a thriller to be good (4 star and up) in my opinion, it needs to creep me out and leave me feeling off balance and nervous (weird, i know!) and this book didn't do any of that for me. John Marrs is a phenomenal writer and I will definitely be reading more of his work, but I will definitely be checking trigger warnings before opening another!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

jayishino's review against another edition

2.0

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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If you’re looking for a domestic thriller with an unsettling amount of triggers (with no trigger warnings) and the most unlikeable characters you’ll ever meet, then this is the book for you. This was not the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

brisha's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i really liked this book. definitely left me feeling very unsettled. i really enjoyed the pace of this book and how twisted everything got. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

hinkleh2021's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

killmoore_'s review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this, and definitely recommend the audiobook version. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail