Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

30 reviews

rachel_jones03's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sftomlinson's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Suicidal thoughts

hanej24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death

kelsimarirobb's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

dkamada's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

So many twists and red herrings!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

senoritamamacita's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

I liked this much better than The Girl on the Train. Some of the twists and turns I didn't see coming 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Miscarriage

abbysbooked's review against another edition

2.0

This book is the story of traumatic events. 

Every bad thing that could happen to someone managed to be incorporated into this book - in some instances it was sadly comical because you had to just say “oh, of course, why not”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

greatexpectations77's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I liked this one, and I thought the many varied stories were interesting. I liked the injustice that was felt for

the stealing of someone's story. That would be so devastating.

The main character stressed me the heck out, but I think she was written pretty well. Love family drama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

betherinahq's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

Enjoy isn’t really the right word but this book scratched the itch of a compelling, quick read that kept me guessing. 

I like Paula Hawkin’s style of writing and while there were a few things that perhaps don’t have quite the same impact as they did a few years ago (unreliable narrator, using another text/medium as a metaphor for what’s going on) it’s still expertly crafted. 

I like how with her books the characters and therefore suspects are introduced early and there’s potentially only, say 4 suspects. So when the killer is revealed it’s never a complete curveball and you’re not surprised but you’re also rewarded with it not being that obvious - hiding in plain sight usually! 

A good crime thriller that ticks the boxes and passes by a weekend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

bookishchaos'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Entertaining enough for me to finish but nothing special. The plot twist would've been clever if it wasn't so obvious right from the start. Though, I liked this a little more than Girl On The Train.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, and Sexual assault

Minor: Emotional abuse and Mental illness