Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Mrs. March by Virginia Feito

37 reviews

benevolentruler's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

Never tapped "it's complicated" so much in a review before. The MC is at once, relatable and despicable. She's deeply troubled and the book is an unsettling slow-burn for this reason. Yet it's also captivating and propulsive. I had such a good time with this book; had me audibly tsk-ing, laughing, snorting, and uh oh-ing throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Murder, Rape, Animal death, and Violence

ambermariebee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Bullying, and Infidelity

lotoblanco's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Blood, and Body shaming

Moderate: Dementia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

btothebooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

I am not usually a suspense reader but this one had me captivated. A friend saw I was reading and asked what I thought and a metaphor about “The Yellow Wallpaper” came to mind. 

Couple of other thoughts:

• I couldn’t quite place this in time. At first I thought the 50s but then some other things were mentioned and I thought maybe the 80s? Either way,
  the trip she takes to Maine
  could not have happened in modern times. 
• I was about a third of the way through the book when I realized we don’t actually know her name
  and then was very surprised to see it in the last line of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Mental illness

confusible's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was an interesting one. It definitely has a Hitchcockian feel. It’s well written and Fieto does a good job of getting you in Mrs March’s head as she devolves. I did see some of the twists coming but it was still an enjoyable read and kept me engaged the whole time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape

alicesss's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Mental illness

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Cursing, Abandonment, Ableism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infertility, and Misogyny

jbfletcher's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

rinnfoskey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I listened to this as an audiobook and the narration was great, which really added to the story I think. It was slow paced, but built or rather descending in to increasing paranoia. I love an unreliable narrator that leaves you questioning what you do and do not know and what is real. Things like the ambiguous time period also contributed to this and worked well I thought.
 Quite dark subject matter and the ending I didn't think was as punchy as it could have been but a really strong debut and I'd be interested to read more from this author in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Mental illness

corirarrick2's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Body shaming

Minor: Violence and Murder