Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

This is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

10 reviews

booksandbears's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Dementia and Body shaming

01melon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

After finishing the book, my immediate impression was that, although being predictable, I still loved it—but, god, that finale. She is powerless therefore her fiancé can't get through to her. Her mum pushed her down the side of a mountain, breaking her leg, and then she got into a car accident while attempting to flee. She's stuck there with her insane mother and dead dad. After going through all of that in just two days, I'm furious because she deserved a happy ending. What the heck?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

Minor: Dementia, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

This was delightfully spooky and made me feel just as trapped and confined as anyone would be in a cabin during a snowstorm. I love horror that plays with family dynamics and this really delivered. I do feel like I have some questions that didn't quite get answered that are nagging at me, and I feel that they could've been answered if this were a full length novel or even if there was an extra 20 pages, so that's what keeps me from rating it higher. overall a good time though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Cursing, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

aas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Dementia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Car accident, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, and Death of parent

kstericker's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Death of parent, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Dementia, Terminal illness, Cursing, and Stalking

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Homophobia

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A super quick, gory read. Nothing over the top and just the right amount of mystery and suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Death of parent, Dementia, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gore

kyra_joy's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

It was pretty good, but I wouldn’t look into to much before reading as a lot of reviews make the ending super obvious. Though it  doesn’t typically bother me, it is a super obvious twist and I found the end to come on quite quickly. It was written well though and I think would make a pretty good full length novel or even a decent movie thing just need to be more fleshed out. Needed a few more pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Dementia, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Great, short read. The author was really able to build a sense of dread around every corner. A creepy portrayal of a toxic familial relationship. Well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Gore, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Eating disorder

gxsobes's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gore, Dementia, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse