Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley

13 reviews

snazzy10101's review

dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

jesus christ

i have things to say about this book but i will need to think on it first 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Dementia

hannaween's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

2.75

The first half of the book was incredibly slow, and the most interesting parts were glossed over in just a few pages. The concept was good, but the execution was poor, and it finished very abruptly and unsatisfyingly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Animal cruelty and Gore

ellenigrace's review

dark mysterious

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Alcohol, Torture, Hate crime, Blood, and Confinement

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Blood, Bullying, Death, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Forced institutionalization

eleanormair's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Child death, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

smute's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Mental illness, and Child death

Minor: Bullying and Forced institutionalization

daire's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

anxiousbookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty

darkefyres's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Body horror

katie_biggs7's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence