Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Holly by Stephen King

19 reviews

craigpwmoroney's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Cannibalism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Addiction

cyndi1966's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kotashomelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Dementia, and Stalking

fountain_of_book's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This novel, I did not like while reading it. I had a complaints and problems, but as soon as I finished I wanted to restart it. My mind still has not wrapped around this completely as I am writing this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, and Murder

maimy_santiago99's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Alcoholism, Police brutality, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, and Classism

asifsyed's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

cannibalism

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wednesdayzombie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic