Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

15 reviews

katereadshorror's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

1.5

This was a really sick book.  I can't even. I would say this is dark horror for more tenured horror readers for sure. 
You read this and you can't help but wonder if there really is people like this out there.
If you want to test your limits by all means !!! Dive in !!! :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Mental illness, Gore, Death, Sexual violence, Abortion, Child death, Rape, and Cannibalism

saybrina's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Self harm, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Gore, Gun violence, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

dreamyari's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

0.5

content warnings: necrophilia, rape, cannibalism, child death, animal death, gore, drug abuse, body horror, misogyny, self harm, miscarriage, abortion 

this is just like. shock factor porn for edgy incels. i wanted it to be more because i’m so desensitised and want something that will make me recoil and uncomfortable, and while the subject matter itself is enough to do that the writing is just so.. cringey? (“so I figured I’d bite the bullet and just do it, Nike-style” LIKE CMON) and i hate that word. i don’t know. this could have been so fucked up and engaging but instead it was just fucked up and embarrassing. so many of the positive reviews for this book stem from ‘well it’s fucked up and appalling because that’s the point!’ yes we know, but that doesn’t mean we don’t also deserve good writing and an actual plot over just the same gore porn for however many pages. extreme horror can be good! this is unfortunately not an example of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Drug use, Misogyny, Abortion, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Addiction, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Gore, and Rape

cabrera_bre's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Blood, Mental illness, Suicide, Pregnancy, Rape, Abortion, Sexual content, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, and Self harm

cnashbrook's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Gore, Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide

vivik6's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, and Abortion

Moderate: Sexual content

becaboo77's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I don't even know what to say about this book! I feel like a terrible, dirty person for giving it the rating I did. I was NOT at all prepared for this. Ive heard stuff about it, but this... This was fucking insane! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Child death, and Drug use

The content warning, yeah it's a lot, but it has it all!!!!

rachel_jozie's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

5.0

*I'm not going to give you the 'what this book is about' blurb - you can read that elsewhere.

1. I'll admit I had wanted to read this for a while, but I was nervous. It's so polarizing and I've heard it's 'so gross', I thought I may not be able to handle it and didn't necessarily want to DNF my first read from Morrison. THEN some see you next Tuesday had the 'bright' idea to burn this book on her BookTok; I'm morally opposed to burning books, so I had to immediately purchase and read it. I read this bad boy in about 4 hours one Sunday. I absolutely could not put it down!
2. Yes, the subject matter is difficult/gross, but if that's not your thing, you cannot deny how well written it is. If you pick this one up and it gets to be too much for you, that's understandable, but it's not the authors job to cater to your feelings. It's your job to check the content warnings and stop reading if you need to protect your mental state. Like I said - difficult subject matter. 
3. I loved everything about this book, but the ending was so good. So so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical content, Gore, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gore, Medical trauma, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

teaforazathoth's review against another edition

Yes, it was gross. I was prepared it to be gross. But I didn't find any reason for the grosness, no actual deep point that justifies it and my continuation of reading it. 
If there's some clever ending, I won't know. And I doubt it would be worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content