Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

13 reviews

o_romeo's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

1.25

Hard to read and misogynistic. The eponymous short story 'I have no mouth and I must scream' is good, as expected, but the rest is uncompelling and grating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

lali_002's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

nbhefner's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Dark horror about a machines hatred for humanity.  cogito, ergo sum 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexual content

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

erco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

woodglimm's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

3.5

didn‘t quite understand what‘s going on but it‘s definitely worth a read if you are into weird gorey horror stuff, i‘d say. It‘s a short read. might need to get more into it to understand it lmao, but it‘s funky. idk. you have to experience it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

nelly_reads123's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

victaphone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and War

ruslan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Interesting take on AI, especially given the time the short story was originally released. Very grim and bleak, the whole story is filled with a sense of hopelessness and despair through and through. Very enjoyable sci-fi/horror type of thing! Was a bit upset that it was so short but that makes it all the more impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Weird short story.

Super messed up, but the plot concept is still one of the most intriguing things I’ve ever read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Sexual assault, and Sexual content