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Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Rape, Self harm
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug abuse, Self harm
Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent
Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Classism
I felt that a lot of loose ends were left unexplained, and it felt like the entire book was built up with a ton of information (some of it unnecessary) only for the ending to take a completely opposite and hasty direction.
Henry's presence in the story was completely unnecessary, and served no purpose. The author could literally remove the entire character from the book, and it would have no impact on the plot or our understanding of the other characters.
Also, I have to add that so much of the book was completely unrealistic, specifically with the main character.
Some things I enjoyed about the book were the author's incorporation of and connections to greek mythology. I love when a book tricks me into learning something I didn't previously know, especially when it is done in an interesting way. I also thought the book was written well, for the most part, and had an intriguing vocabulary. The psychological aspects of it and how it analyzed characters from the mind of a therapist was very interesting, specifically in that it disected the human mind and how events in a person's childhood can alter their mind and impact them for the rest of their life. For that, and for the fact that I was interested enough to keep reading and finish the book, it gets 2 stars. When I began this review, I planned to give it 4 stars, but the more I analyzed and thought about it, the more stars I deducted.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Murder
Graphic: Grief
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Blood
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexism, Car accident
Honestly, it was just vibes like nothing was happening, but a lot was happening and I was interested the whole time if that makes sense. I really liked the character‘s and the little dash of a romance. I did not see that ending coming like at all I was actually shocked , I don’t know this was really entertaining and fun it’s not the best mystery. I feel like but I wasn’t trying too hard to guess and I didn’t guess. I think this is my first like dark academia book and I ate it up. I’m excited to read the silent patient now because I saw those little Easter eggs about it. When I was reading, I actually had to stop and like scream a little and because I was like there’s no way.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship
Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt