Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

19 reviews

forgetfullucy17's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Mental illness, Infidelity, Suicide, and Gaslighting

jessicajlin's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide

jbk77's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Draws you in. Twists that make you think. There were several times I had to put it down to absorb the information I just read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Even though there is not graphic detail of situations there is nuances of characteristics and the question of what a person could do out of desperation. Some may not be comfortable with this scenario.

flucas77's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse and Sexual harassment

analea_lucille's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Death, and Suicide

buttondragon's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

sarahl0726's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Suicide, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness

astareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

An interesting, different kind of thriller where a murder isn't in the forefront and women are  in the lead. There was abuse, but not a single rape happened! Quality content, imho.

I kept trying to guess what is going to happen, which is a good sign. I listen to audiobooks while crafting or cleaning, and often the plots don't really get me that interested, but this one got me good.

There were some parts that felt like maybe the authors made a mistake, but with an audiobook it's hard to tell cause I can't go back to double check. The ending was a bit abrupt and felt like they couldn't actually quite figure out how to end the story so they made the villain crumble in an uncharacteristic way, while trying to shoehorn in the reasoning behind it. The main character stayed true to herself, however. She was flawed, but portrayed in a way that made me root for her.

The study of morale was interesting, but felt a bit stretched in parts. The question of whether the punishment should always fit the crime was made a sort of a central point, but felt really vague in context of the story, like it was an idea that the authors wanted to hang onto despite the story itself steering away from it.

I really enjoyed the alternating POVs and their separate readers, it made it easier for me to keep track of what's happening, and I think the readers did a great job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Stalking, and Suicide

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

abbs15norm's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicide, and Toxic relationship