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ewwa18's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Minor: Bullying, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
zavia_v's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Because the book is so short, it was definitely a page turner because I knew I could finish it quickly and the concept is really engaging. However, there really wasn't a twist. The end was predictable and didn't provide much surprise or relief. I did enjoy it though, not bad, not great.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
the_harlequin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent
Minor: Gore and Injury/Injury detail
melllephant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Sexual assault
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder
ggcd1981's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Death of parent
readwithbells's review against another edition
4.0
I think if I thought more about the implications of the entity and the story’s ending itself, I might have some more complicated feelings about the story and its discussion of mental illness, but I think the author did his best to approach mental illness and psychiatric wards with an empathetic eye and in the end,
Fun for what it was! Definitely unsettling, definitely creepy, certainly earns its title of horror. I went into this expecting absolutely nothing and was pleasantly surprised.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Suicide attempt
johoha93's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child death
katiebella_reads's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
A psychological thriller or a nightmaric fever dream. From one moment to the next, the reader is hung is suspense and is never quite sure what is really going on. This book is highly underrated and overlooked! Honing in on the same feelings as reading a Poe short story, this author does a suburb job of capturing the horror of true evil.
Dr H. is a new young psychiatrist, newly assigned to a mental ward. with the zeal of the young he offers to take on the incurable patient "Joe." Joe has a bad rap of being a danger to those around him. The first few chapters are an ominous build-up of why everyone is kept away from him. Everyone who comes in contact seems to commit suicide.
Dr. H becomes obsessed with diagnosing him, convinced that he will find something that every Dr has missed in almost 30 years of incare treatment. But Dr. H is just smart enough to be a danger to himself as he begins to suspect everyone around him of gross negligence towards the patient.
This book is told in first person, from the perspective of Dr. H, as he relays it to an online support group. The writing is suburb. The characters are so well drawn out that you feel like you know them personally. The graphic description of events leaves little to be desired. I found nothing wanting or lacking in this book.
******trigger warning - child rape, child abuse, child death.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
aliteracja's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Rape
dotweems's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Self harm
Minor: Domestic abuse