Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Night Stalker by Chris Carter

5 reviews

add_a_little_spook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Mental illness, Death of parent, Suicide, Gore, Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual content

Minor: Bullying

ernareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

Another great book! Phew, what a storyline. We followed Detective Hunter and Gracia journey as they tries to uncover a sadistic crime. What was the motive? Crime of passion? Crime of revenge? Or was it a crime done by a monster? 

4.75 stars just because I don't feel that it's a 5 🤷🏻‍♀️. Do check trigger warnings before reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Stalking, Blood, Gore, Death of parent, and Torture

krystalframe's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Hate crime, and Suicide

Minor: Self harm and Vomit

sageysage's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Easy read. Some of the scenes take you out of the story because of how outdated the technology is now but id otherwise great story that holds up well. Slightly predictable but in a way that just makes you feel kinda smart. Really enjoyed the small chapters that ended on cliffhangers so it's easy to say 'just one more chapter'. Great book to get you out of a reading slump if you enjoy crime and thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Suicide, Body horror, Sexism, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Terminal illness

beckyyreadss's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I wanted to read this book as the first book was recommended to me by a friend and I instantly loved the two books in this series, so I was really looking forward to reading the next book in the series and this book did not disappoint me at all. 

The main character is a detective named Robert Hunter. He has another bad case. An unidentified female body is brought into the Los Angeles County morgue. The cause of death is still unclear. Her body bares no marks; except for the fact that her most intimate parts have been stitched shut. But what shocks the pathologist the most is that the killer had left something inside her. Something so monstrous Detective Robert Hunter, of the Los Angeles Homicide Special Section, has to be pulled off a different case to take over the investigation. Within a few days a new body has surface and like the previous victim she has been stitched shut and something has been left inside of her. It looks like the killer isn’t done yet. Is this gang related? Who would do such a thing? Can the killer be found because someone else is killed? This book is a fictional mystery thriller set in Los Angeles. 

I like this book; I think Chris Carter is a genius. I think the mystery and the suspense is brilliant and enough to keep you hooked.  This book also majorly freaked me out which is the first time that’s happened, so I’ve got to give it to Chris Carter. I loved Hunter and Garcia’s friendship. Captain Blake is slowly growing on me, but I do miss Captain Bolter. I think that’s just because he gives me Donald Cragen vibes. The only thing that I would say that is a weakness, for me personally, is the short chapters. I just prefer bigger chapters. However, in this book, it did fit well with Chris Carter’s writing style where it usually doesn’t work for me. I was hooked that after a while the short chapters didn’t both me as they usually would with other authors. 

I enjoyed this book, and it was interesting. However, this was one of the first books where I’ve cringed at the graphic nature of the scenes so, please check trigger warnings before reading. Overall, the book was an easy and quick read and because the writing was amazing, the storyline freaked me out and it was overall brilliant I gave it five stars. But I wouldn’t advise reading this at night, you might not sleep afterwards. I didn’t.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Death, Torture, Stalking, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: Rape