Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

13 reviews

lizardgod's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

Kudos to a book making me queasy? That's about all it had going for it, nothing really to write home about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Stalking

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

If Fight Club and Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke had a baby, it would be this book.

I think the synopsis of this book is both misleading and too direct. Here's a better summary of the basic plot:

This book is about a troubled young woman who develops and deep fascination with vultures that turns into an obsession. This story follows her as she becomes more and more unhinged.

This book is very different and I loved it way more than I expected to. The reason I enjoyed it so much is that the writing itself is very good. The subject matter is macabre and even quite gross at times but it's written in a way that's so poetic (in a similar way to how the writing in fight club is interesting).

Would I recommend this book? Not to everyone. It's definitely a weird book and I know many people would find it offputting. But if you're looking for something unique, poetic, and enjoy a semi-unreliable narrarator that becomes more unhinged as the story goes on, this is a good one for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Cannibalism

Minor: Infidelity

Our MC breaks into the neighbours barn and kills and eats a baby piglet raw. Then throws it up later. This scene is both sad because it's a poor animal, but also it's gross.

There's one fairly explicit sex scene between two women.

Our MC shoots her neighbour, killing him, then cuts him up to feed him to the vultures.

The MC eats raw and rotten meat.

heartachesbi's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racism

hayleyw's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual harassment

keddy4306's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

HAHAHA only read this to induce vomiting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

thescenery's review against another edition

dark slow-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

3.0

Despite being gruesome, and the reading being slow for a book of only 92 pages, the author was able to craft a remarkably intricate story. While reading, the reader may feel uncomfortable, yet they can navigate between understanding Andi and comprehending her unstable mental state. This differentiation was crucial for the book, and the author did a magnificent job of transforming something terribly graphic into beautiful descriptions and perspectives.

However, it was hard to grasp any sympathy for the character. I don't know if it was on purpose or not, but I think the book would benefit from it, getting the reader involved with Andi, because otherwise I just didn't care much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sammysamsam's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Drug use, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

cat_d's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, and Death of parent

perkyanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

Whaaaaaaaaaaat

So normally I don’t really love the

women be crazy

genre of horror, or

gross out

horror, but here they join together perfectly in a <spoiler >gross disgusting sad fucked up tense whirlwind of ewwwww. </spoiler >

I can’t recommend this to anyone. It was literally nauseating. But it felt authentic and real and rough. 

The Dr. Fawning thing

was a bit obvious too early for the reveal to have proper impact, but overall, I loved it bc it did show that deep inside she had juuuust enough self awareness to almost be able to help herself. But not enough, not enough.</spoiler >

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

ladyinverse's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'd rate it higher if I could holy mackerel this was a very good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

grieving and angry lesbian eats raw flesh.