Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

139 reviews

elle_e_d_light's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Not really sure how I felt about this one. I really disliked the blop parts, but I think I was supposed to. 

I also came out of this book feeling like I just read a retelling/homage of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, which I still can't figure out if it was on purpose or if the author was more inspired by that book than he thought/planned. I know the author is a big fan of Shirley Jackson, but—unless I missed it—there was no description of this being an homage to that.

The story is vague and gets even more vague as it goes on. I didn't mind the vagueness, but I could see why others would.

Overall, I'm torn about how I feel about this book. There's things about it that I really liked, but just as many things that I didn't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

glynnm's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Excrement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

dana_scully's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness

sammy357's review against another edition

dark emotional 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia

sbgage's review against another edition

dark 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

natgoe's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Excrement

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

jdhauk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Violence and Excrement

clevelandpoet's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent

wreckmore's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness and Violence