Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

25 reviews

naomib318's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

truly one of the best books ive ever read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Classism

r4v3ncl4w_93's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Violence

kylielf's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

I totally read this book for the plot... the plot being Rhys Larsen. Anyways, the book was a great dark romance. The characters were lovable, the story was quick, and the actual plot honestly was well thought out. The topes made sense and did not feel overused. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and War

annikenr's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and War

lilyemmaaa's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

plsnotanotherdamselindistress's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

I liked this story the most out of the book series. 
Sadly the sidecharacters weren't included more but I understand that choice to do it this way. The MCs were complex and I liked the character development of especiall the fMC.

One issue I have with this series is that, to me, it does not fit the genres. It is neither an actual dark romance nor lighthearted fluff...so I always have to be in one specific mood to read them.
The ending seems also kind of rushed, meaning after the climax of the story it was kind of meh were I had hoped for the rest of the puzzle pieces starting to fit in to be more interesting/exciting...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, and War

_anne_05's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

anaya_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.25

I honestly didn’t like it as much as I thought it would. It definitely lost me for a minute there and caught myself skimming once I got to like 65%. I can’t put my finger on any dislikes though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, War, and Classism

kate_mare's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

It is a good book. It was pretty predictable but there was a side plot that was unexpected. If yu dont like dark books and you need

a happy ending

then this book is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, and Murder