Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

An Anonymous Girl by Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks

21 reviews

katlinstirling_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Another great book written by Greer and Sarah. I love the writing style and I was completely mesmerised front to back. Compelling, mysterious and utterly suspenseful. I love reading anything written by these authors! Fast paced, unpredictable and absolutely gripping what a thriller. 4.5 Stars!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This wasn’t as good as the other books I’ve read by the same authors. Somehow the story wasn’t as thrilling. But still an okay book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

forgetfullucy17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Stalking, and Gaslighting

jessicajlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide

jbk77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Draws you in. Twists that make you think. There were several times I had to put it down to absorb the information I just read 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Even though there is not graphic detail of situations there is nuances of characteristics and the question of what a person could do out of desperation. Some may not be comfortable with this scenario.

flucas77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse and Sexual harassment

analea_lucille's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Car accident

buttondragon's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

sarahl0726's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness

astareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

An interesting, different kind of thriller where a murder isn't in the forefront and women are  in the lead. There was abuse, but not a single rape happened! Quality content, imho.

I kept trying to guess what is going to happen, which is a good sign. I listen to audiobooks while crafting or cleaning, and often the plots don't really get me that interested, but this one got me good.

There were some parts that felt like maybe the authors made a mistake, but with an audiobook it's hard to tell cause I can't go back to double check. The ending was a bit abrupt and felt like they couldn't actually quite figure out how to end the story so they made the villain crumble in an uncharacteristic way, while trying to shoehorn in the reasoning behind it. The main character stayed true to herself, however. She was flawed, but portrayed in a way that made me root for her.

The study of morale was interesting, but felt a bit stretched in parts. The question of whether the punishment should always fit the crime was made a sort of a central point, but felt really vague in context of the story, like it was an idea that the authors wanted to hang onto despite the story itself steering away from it.

I really enjoyed the alternating POVs and their separate readers, it made it easier for me to keep track of what's happening, and I think the readers did a great job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Stalking