Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The One by John Marrs

51 reviews

laurmich's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

4 Stars
CAWPILE = 7.29

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Suicide

Moderate: Kidnapping and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

pinkhyxteria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence

riley_cate's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

8odell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Violence

cepbreed's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

Many characters in this book were written with a painfully male gaze and that itself made this such a hard read. The beginning is slow and remembering the five characters and their lives is a chore. That said the concept is very interesting and plot twists surprising. However some were not well executed and I felt like they were only added for shock value, not for the expansion of the narrative.

Song: Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Body shaming

libraryluna's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Acephobia/Arophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, and Cancer

nems's review against another edition

challenging 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

metamorphoses's review against another edition

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? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infidelity, Death of parent, Car accident, Cancer, and Biphobia

guiltyoftsundoku's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Car accident, Death of parent, Dementia, and Homophobia