Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Jumalat juhlivat öisin by Donna Tartt

377 reviews

holyaya's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicide, Murder, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Homophobia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Misogyny, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

rach_bella's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

5.0

Beauty is terror 

A lot of things have been said about this book, enough so that I can’t find much more to say. Only that it is very rare that a book leaves a mark on me like this one did, that I found a little piece of myself in each of the characters, that by the end of the book I felt as though I lived and breathed besides them. I have come to the conclusion that in order to enjoy this book you will need three things:
1) an appreciation for atmospheric prose with a love for literature itself 
2) morally grey/ambiguous characters
3) a touch of madness 
Check content warnings before reading
(Judy was my favourite character and deserved more scenes)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Incest, Drug use, Homophobia, Violence, Suicide, Racism, Sexism, Death, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

selfdeprikate's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexism, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Violence, Incest, Infidelity, Self harm, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Classism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, Mental illness, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

hannahj16's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexual violence, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

happyknitter2020's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Stunning...read the 30th Anniversary Hardback publication. How have I not read this before. Dark academia, damaged souls brought togethe, absolutely fantastic story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Incest, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

pmejia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racial slurs, Incest, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Addiction, Racism, Blood, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Rape and Suicide attempt

karinaymejia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.25

great for people who dont like too many things going on, thriller, and classics.

i feel like the title is a bit dramatic for the story. it makes sense of course, but i feel like there should have been another title used for it.

this book is slow and may feel boring at times. it's interesting to see how the story progresses. i am personally not a huge fan of this style. i sort of liked the read. i wanted a more dramatic story, but thats my cup of tea.

i like the time period where this is in because I get to read what it feels like during this time.

i find it unsettling about the characters that Richard encounters and becomes friends with. I think Charles and Henry make me the most unsettling, especially near the end.

overall i had a bit of higher expectations because of the popularity. i understand the mixed reviews now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

incest

yzer2468's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Death, Classism, Drug abuse, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Mental illness, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism

maybeimali's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Death, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

valmoony's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Addiction, Gore, Physical abuse, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest