Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: Stories by Harlan Ellison

6 reviews

victaphone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Torture, Self harm, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Bullying

Minor: Racism, Ableism, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and War

ruslan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Interesting take on AI, especially given the time the short story was originally released. Very grim and bleak, the whole story is filled with a sense of hopelessness and despair through and through. Very enjoyable sci-fi/horror type of thing! Was a bit upset that it was so short but that makes it all the more impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Torture, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, War, and Suicide

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? No

3.5

Weird short story.

Super messed up, but the plot concept is still one of the most intriguing things I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Self harm, and Gore

Minor: Sexual content, Cursing, Genocide, and Sexual assault

tomtomonomtom's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

2.0

It's a meh for me. Pretty dark and gory, but you can live without the themes of the story haunting you in your everyday life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: War

luckygriffin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Jesus christ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Genocide, Racism, Addiction, Death, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Do not read unless you can handle extreme psychological horror. The plot is driven by the torture of the main characters, and is disturbing to read.

brassmonkey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I think everything wrong with me can be traced to my being obsessed with this in sixth grade.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Genocide, and War