Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

2 reviews

mainereading's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I've watched a few movies based on the original novella, and I was really excited to pick this up. Surprisingly enough, I haven't read the original novella yet and I really need to! I liked this book, and I ended up reading it in one sitting. It was a wild read with an interesting twist. Some of the characters had me ticked off. A couple of the kids were spoiled little brats that should have been disciplined and the men in this book were trash. Overall, I liked this book but I didn’t love it and I really wanted to love it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

mallory10100's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

wow this was a great read. bought it because i love the haunting of bly manor and knew that it’s based on a book called the turn of the screw, and there were so many similarities with the show it was fun. so many great twists at the end that i definitely didn’t see coming!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Infidelity, Excrement, Dementia, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

i loved this book homophobia TW is there bc the author uses the F slur for cigarettes because she’s british