Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Seed by Ania Ahlborn

21 reviews

hick's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Child death, Violence, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Dementia, Cursing, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Panic attacks/disorders

stephup2thestreets's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Murder, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Gore

Minor: Car accident, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

emeraldtaila's review against another edition

2.75

This was spectacularly ok - the ending was good - it could have been 80 pgs shorter 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, and Death of parent

spoiledlilkitten's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Child death

Moderate: Gore and Blood

booksofautumn's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Alcohol

katyannreads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Animal death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident

tinksreviews's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Child death, Animal death, Death of parent, Body horror, Car accident, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

maximauve's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Child death, Child abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, and Blood

esslesmcgee's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

3.75

Very creepy and claustrophobic atmosphere. A little predictable but I believe it was supposed to be. I liked the way the plot unfolded, and the imagery was awesome.

I loved the passing a demon possession down to your child as a metaphor for genetic mental illnesses and family traumas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Mental illness

babyfreya's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

the ending was scary but I was really hoping for someone to survive other than Charlie.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Animal death

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Mental illness