Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is Going to be the Next School Shooter by Dr. Harper

27 reviews

mizreads's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

Super easy to read and get through. I've always been a fan of r/nosleep so I'm not sure why Dr. Harper flew over my radar. Regardless, I enjoyed reading this! Not a perfect book by any measure, but it was a fun romp through misadventures.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Gaslighting

finndelion's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Homophobia and Cannibalism

nils_0's review

challenging dark informative mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

samaraptor's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

calhudak's review

dark 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism

likeagilmoregirl's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Gaslighting

perplexed's review against another edition

1.0

Am not gonna lie, I'm not fully sure who this book is aimed at. It reads mostly like YA? But that could be because it feels like this was written overnight by a teenager. Had some fun ideas, but executed poorly, and good lord that man is a terrible therapist

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Mass/school shootings

authormelissameyer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.5

I went into this book completely blind to what it was and based on title I was thinking it was going to be rather dark, and while some of the subject matter was bleak this was honestly a super fun little read. If you’re looking for horror maybe this isn’t exactly it but I found myself taken by this vigilante therapist and his escapades. 

It was silly, it was camp, it was ridiculous, I could definitely see why this is not the story for everyone but if you’re strictly a horror reader (like myself) and you want a little break in between books that make you feel bad/sad, this was surprisingly light hearted while still being gripping at points. 

I will definitely pick up the other two the next time I’m looking for a quick, ridiculous read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

elizanarta's review

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Cannibalism