Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

18 reviews

anniefwrites's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

Truly bone-chilling. Johnson created such a claustrophobic, vivid world and deeply twisted characters to inhabit it. This one will stick with me for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Pregnancy

raphynette's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse

erindoesdesign's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Child death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Toxic relationship

emptychurches's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual content, and Vomit

laurenparham's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent

ellik6612's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Dark, good plot development. Creepy but not too scary. Reader get very wrapped up in the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

entanglednovels's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Gore

willardfillmore's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm