Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Handyman Method by Andrew F. Sullivan, Nick Cutter

4 reviews

orizenda's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

It was fun but I kind of stopped caring like 3/4 of the way through. I’m not sure if it felt too long (even though it isn’t long) or what. It just kind of felt, to me, like a creepypasta. don’t get me wrong, I love that kind of stuff, but it felt like just throwing too many things together just because and then trying to make it make sense but not fully fleshing it out. idk. it’s fun though. I liked the stuff watching Trent change ig. The fingernail scene got me the worst ngl. after that the gore barely bothered me lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

niedererer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Intense, interesting twist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gore

dezaraemd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Child abuse

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.75

Trent is a deeply unlikeable character, and I never got the chance to truly care for him, but I cared about Rita and Milo, and the themes of toxic masculinity and the insidious nature of capitalist chauvinism is captured brilliantly in this novel. Also, there are phenomenal moments of body horror, especially with homeware appliances and power tools. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Gore, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Body shaming, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Abandonment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Be aware that this novel deals with toxic masculinity, ritual cults and sacrifices, child as easy targets for eldritch abominations, violence with tools and appliances, emasculation, workplace violence, trauma from the destruction of a sibling’s mental capacities, and the dissolution of the nuclear family.