Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Into The Dark by Dana Isaly

9 reviews

pissylissy666's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

Damn this was dark. Take the triggers seriously.

A case of insta-love. Don’t go into this thinking it’s going to have ANY sunshine and rainbows. This is a dark, Romeo & Juliet-ish, love story with HELLA GOOD spice. I wanted to cry and be frustrated too— FOR A SERIAL KILLER? hmmm. Crazy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

thewitchykitty's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lizkdsb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Alcoholism

hekareadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

ndsrvnt's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

nelumboreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

P.S : get your comfort reads on standby.

It was dark, vantablack dark at that.
So disturbing yet I was unable to put this down.
Tho I need to constantly remind myself that all the kinky (it's the only word I could say without losing it) stuff was rather consensual..
Dana keeps pushing my boundaries with her stories and characters so I would strongly recommend to not go blind into this.
Pace was just perfect not too boring not a insta as well, and it was the best damn emotionally wrecking conclusion I could ask for, it was beautiful.

~ love is love is love <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

irenemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.25

"Not all romance is pretty , and not all romance is love."

What did I just read. The most conflicted feeling I've ever felt while reading a "love" story. They deserve each other and the fact that I find parts of the story endearing really has me questioning my sanity. I am gonna need a "comfort read" after this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

keaobaka's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

2.0

**read the triggers**

Ive read a number of dark romance books but I felt that some parts of the book were just too descriptive for my liking and made me very uncomfortable. There were moments where I had to skip chapter because I just couldn’t stomach the descriptions. Some of the sexual scenes were just straight up weird, but who am I to kink shame.

It definitely got better towards because I felt more connected to the characters and felt very sympathetic when they died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Mental illness

xismax's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent