Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Black Farm by Elias Witherow

3 reviews

narakuos's review

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

World very well built. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

novellearts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is definitely not for the faint of heart. I found this to be a really intriguing concept. The descriptions were intense and everything was well done but you definitely should go into this book expecting most horrors that you can imagine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

emilyrichardson's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail