Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Şeytanın Evi by John Marrs, Gülce Arman Bayrakçı

114 reviews

afinalgirl's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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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oh my god.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

katybugggg's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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 was enthralled and eager to find out the secrets, but it was just sad and horrible the whole time, with no relief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

booked_with_meg's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion

sasisaskia's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity

kaitlynisliterate's review against another edition

3.25

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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Pros
+ Interesting premise
+ Good execution of multiple POVs and time jumps

Cons
- The author tries too hard to set everything up for a perfect reveal but it makes the first half of the book quite boring
- After the big reveal, all of the plot twists are fairly predictable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy

__thatswhatsheread's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking

connorjdaley's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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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I read this one as May’s pick for book club. I started this one on a high, working through it fast, but then I petered out taking almost the entirety of the month to complete. 

The novel features Nina, the daughter, and Maggie, the mother. The two live together, and hate each other, in perfect disharmony. The novel is always a back of forth of who is and is not telling the truth, who has the most trauma, and who is only doing what’s right. They are both withholding incredible secrets, and the novel ends every chapter with a cliffhanger of a reveal. 

At first, that was what dragged me in so hard, but I feel like over time, it honestly kind of felt like someone throwing every single idea they had ever thought of into a single novel. Every twist, betrayal, misdirect, red herring, and deception ever created under gods eye is used in this one. It just started to trip me up. I also feel as if some serious condensing might actually have amped up the pressure and pacing an incredible amount. The ending is stressful and seriously packed, but it does feel tacked onto what is probably 150 pages too long. 

I’m not sure how else to feel, because neither main character is right or “good” by any means. Nor is there any kind of winner, truly. 

Personally a 3/5*. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

thelifeofkim19's review against another edition

4.25

challenging 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

petab's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage

kesliejo's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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 loved this book from start to finish. It kept me guessing and I couldn’t put it down. So many twists and turns!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Torture

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury