Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

ההיסטוריה הסודית by Donna Tartt

484 reviews

nicoleme1212's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent

marzipanbm's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit

Minor: Rape

zoe_werdy's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A haunting book, you know right from the start the central tragedy but how it comes about and what happens after isn't what you expect. A complicated cast of characters, distinctly unlikeable but also alluring. Interesting to read and really interesting to delve into the subculture that has sprung up around this book. I will be thinking about this book for a long time. Its so long, but already I kind of want to read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

rae_diant's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gaslighting

jessicastott's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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wow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Suicide, Car accident, Murder

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Classism

cviii's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking

cjdangerfield's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Sexual assault

alisasreads's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kinda shocked at how much i enjoyed this book, i'd heard so many opinions about it that i had no idea what my own would be. as popular as it is right now i just had to read it and i'm glad i did. the tone, setting, style and the way the characters were written was just so good. it's exactly the type of story i like as a dark academia lover, i now understand why everyone always recommends this book in the genre. i literally just finished it and feel i really need to sit with the book before i can write a review that would do this book justice. so these were just some of my first thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Antisemitism, Car accident, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Rape

cara_nm's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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First 200 pages —> really slow paced, but the rest of that half and part 2 of the book were absolutely brilliant 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief

Minor: Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Medical content

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Antisemitism, Car accident, Death of parent