Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Come Closer by Sara Gran

40 reviews

shelfofunread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

pagemaxxer's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

unfortunately a no from me, i am quite selective with my horror books and i did not find this to hit the spot. i read it a little while ago and i cannot remember much, just more that oh this happened then this happened. i appreciate the fact that there was a line blurred between mental psychosis and paranormal activity though. however maybe it’s just this type of horror that does not make me reflect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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: Body horror, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and Sexual content

clarke's review against another edition

4.0

This was good, and I really enjoyed the descent into madness/possession. The book on demon possession was interesting, if a little repetitive, but helped demonstrate the progression. I enjoyed hearing her thoughts, and the audiobook narrator did a good job at distinguishing between Amanda and Naamah. The religious backstory was a fun addition, and I was interested to read after finishing that this was not created just for the book. I still have questions, and the book was nowhere near 'terrifying' as it's heralded elsewhere, but I enjoyed the journey: the questioning of what's real, what happened, and what is going on with Amanda was done particularly well. I did find the book repetitive at times, and some sections were just silly (eg a instance of psychometry where Amanda sees two men fighting from behind, and as their backs looked similar, deduced they were brothers???), but overall I enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Dark, sick and heart breaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Excrement

nationalpike's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Sexual assault

jully_bean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Sexual content, Vomit, and Abandonment

torismazarine's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

a_leo_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Extremely well written and thought out.  But the racing felt off, and the finale was not as satisfying as the lead up. ALL of the character , including the demon, we insufferable humans to read about. But damn was it not effectivel  terrifying. Full review eventually .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Classism