Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

24 reviews

infinite_helix's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

It’s horrible, it’s amazing. I hate it, I’m obsessed. I have zero interest in most sports, I am DIYing a Palmetto State Jersey. My Lock Screen is the Foxes’ logo. I made a bookmark with the team’s lineup and logo. I was in a horrible reading slump for almost a month and absolutely devoured this in three days. They’re evil little monsters with mountains of trauma out for their own survival, they’ll self sacrifice and murder for each other without a blink. The team is finally learning to come together just as they’re being torn apart. They don’t give two sh*ts. They care so f*cking much. The odds are so high against them it’s impossible. I can’t wait to watch them destroy everyone at semi-finals. 

The content warnings are almost as long as the review, the list keeps going. And yet… 

Reading isn’t enough. I need to inject this into my bloodstream. 
I cannot recommend this to any of my friends. I am desperate for someone to infect with it. I need someone to go insane with me.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Minor: Confinement, Torture, Death, Child abuse, Car accident, and Alcohol

viacrow's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

v appreciate that the other characters seemed to have joined in at yelling “i know what you are” at andrew and neil at every given opportunity

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Confinement, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

simbkyr's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Car accident, Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Murder, Vomit, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

despina_pngrk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Drug use

Minor: Self harm and Torture

giou's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Homophobia, Murder, Rape, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Drug use, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Pedophilia, Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Vomit

marxnapxrez's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

doy 5 porque no ha habido beso.
Me encanta que Neil se este haciendo a la realidad de que tiene una familia y que todos se esten dando cuenta de que, efectivamente son familia. Que vayan conociendose y curandose juntos. Les quiero mucho, a todos y tengo ganas de que le den de hostias a riko y a su tio. 
La escena de accion de gracias es sin duda de las escenas mas duras que he leido, el punto de vista de Neil es aterrador y es asi como lo hace llegar. A pesar de que no me gusta como han querido llevar algunos temas, esa escena es muy cruda pero necesaria para el punto de la trama. 
Espero leer pronto a Andrew y al equipo de vuelta. 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual violence, Cursing, Hate crime, Mental illness, Incest, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

amelierawr's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.5

oh my god.

Honestly didn't expect such a good sequel to the first book, which was too unorganized. Im still not the biggest fan of the writing, but it's decent. The book solved a lot of issues I had at first, especially regarding the characters. You could definitely feel that the author invested way more time into the sequel.
The dynamic is even better now, after we finally got some reasonable explanation on why some of them act the way they do. But I wished that the mc would've gone at least once to the psychiatrist like the other characters did, because those were my favorite interactions.

The coach Wymack definitely is my favorite character and the scene at the end broke my heart.

 

Spoiler

Neil, Wymack called him, even when he looked like this, even with his father's face and his father's eyes and the Moriyamas' number on his face. Neil, Wymack called him, and more than anything Neil wanted it to be true. 
He stopped fighting to get free; the hands that had been trying to wrench Wymack's arms off him now held on for dear life. "Help me," he said through gritted teeth. "Let me," Wymack shot back, so Neil closed his eyes.

 

 He was their family. They were his. They were worth every cut and bruise and scream. 

All in all it was way more devastating than the first book that I had to put it down twice, just to organize my thoughts and stare into my wall for 10min. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Drug use, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

Minor: Body horror, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

breagh_anne's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Pedophilia, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

bookskassadie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.5

As a fierce man-hating lesbian, I go into any and all books already counting the flaws of the male characters to see if they are worth the time the author spends curating them. In The Raven King, my count came back astronomically high. Every single man- NO, every single character (save Renee) has their flaws and their issues but none of them more prevalent than fucking Riko Moriyama. The storyline for this book carried out beautifully and I loved watching the transitions between characters as they grew closer through Neil’s inevitable force shut down. However, the characters drove me wild and I would ring their necks if they were real people and I didn’t think they would be able to k!ll me. Like my last review, or rant if you will, I recommend this book but please read the trigger warnings first! There is a larger than necessary amount of problematic shit that goes down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Cursing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Grief, Death of parent, and Body shaming

Minor: Deadnaming and Suicide

c_alexander's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

author has somehow written the most nuanced gay character & the least nuanced, most stereotyped gay character into the same book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Self harm, Mental illness, Death, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis