Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton

5 reviews

emmdashed's review against another edition

• 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

A lot of talk about how Juliette is unlikeable, which is absolutely fair. She makes it very hard to sympathize with her a lot of the time. That being said I couldn't help but think that if the genders were reversed and the MC was significantly more sexually aggressive that it would drive the Dark Romance BookTok Girlies absolutely feral. 

But we're probably not ready for that conversation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Stalking, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Bullying

howboutjane's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is a special kind of unhinged. Think "You" but less stabby stabby more bat guano cray. It was delightfully disturbing though a bit drawn out and solely focused on the unstable FMC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault, Child death, and Murder

This is a dark thriller that can be potentially triggering for some.

If you've ever been stalked, dealt with child loss (i.e. child drowning) or had substances put in your drink at a party + taken advantage of

this may be a hard read.

There is no justice at the end

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lizzieinmt's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.25

Fairly interesting POV, the plot was rather slim and mainly relied on our interest in the main character to keep the story moving but it makes an entertaining thriller that's written well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Bullying, Alcohol, Confinement, and Cursing

Moderate: Infidelity and Mental illness

Minor: Child death

em_gauts's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

juliarenae's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

The ending fell flat. I was hoping for more. I wish it was faster paced and had more strong reactions from the secondary characters. I was also hoping they would get more of the Julius background and what caused her to have these obsessive tendencies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Child death