Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

19 reviews

chuckyinspace's review

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Violence, Infidelity, Stalking, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Misogyny

morwenmck's review

dark tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Stalking, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

christineltays's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The book really dives deep into the mind of a creepy person, giving a different take on a disturbing topic. Even though it made me cringe a bit, the story was interesting and had me hooked. I couldn’t believe I was actually enjoying it! It’s like, the more twisted it got, the more I couldn’t put it down. It made me feel a bit gross at times. 

Alissa Nutting might write about the most disgusting topic ever, but she’s still a wonderful writer. She’s the only reason this book gets 4 stars and that says a lot considering what it’s based upon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Stalking

amswimmy's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

fucked !!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood

kendrakaylee's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Amazingly fucked up. Definitely a hard read and a MAJOR trigger warning for child SA. Extremely well written and was had to put down due to the writing, but so hard to read it’s a constant battle to continue due to the content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Mental illness

evdark's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

The writing was gripping, and the reason the book was written was important, but the author absolutely failed to deliver the message she set out to achieve. It is based on a true story of a teacher that had sex with her 14-year-old pupil in 2005. Nutting wants to make a point that young men are never seen as victims of sexual assault, and it is too easy to forgive the woman in the situation. Which is exactly how I felt after reading the book. Having just read Lolita, the standard might be set a little high. Psychologically, I can tell this author wanted to be provocative and maybe even erotic but did not truly understand the mindset she was trying to convey in the female pedophile and ended up taking a very male stance to this. Stalking. Obsession with semen. Souvenirs and pornography. It didn't feel authentic to a female pedaphile and this author was just winging it. It was well-written but poorly crafted, and it made me feel icky after reading it even though I have no problem with any of the graphic sex, I had a problem with almost everything else. It did the worst thing a book can do. It wasted my time. The ending was downright awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Death, Sexual violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

keelyrosem's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Sexual content

thatgamertiffani's review

dark medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Self harm

greenan26's review

dark tense medium-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: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Infidelity

abstractedal3x's review

It was disgusting, I get that is the point of the book though. It’s written really well and I think that’s why I cannot continue, this is the only book I can’t get myself to finish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Stalking, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment