Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

ההיסטוריה הסודית by Donna Tartt

483 reviews

readbydaisy's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

jodi_xo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Loved this book, held my attention from the start and I couldn’t put it down. It’s more of a medium pace book and takes a while to get into the good stuff but it’s so well written. Definitely a book worth reading especially if you love dark academia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Vomit

Minor: Body shaming, Abandonment

ceilingghostreads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really struggled to write something about this book. But it's a book that I think about regularly and is really impactful. It critiques the pretentious atmospheres that isolates those inside from the reality of everyone else. If you want something reflective and emotional, this book is for you. 
It fits the dark academia aesthetic/genre so if that's what you're looking for this book is for you. But with that said it's not a book thats just "aesthetic" there's a meaning a critique of those who isolate themselves and view themselves as more intelligent than others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

li_reading's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment

snowywintermorning's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood

fynnnnnn's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

houndoflove1985's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Incest, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

poppychallinor's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Blood

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail

rawan_m's review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Incest, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Car accident

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Medical content

shelby_jane1029's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol