Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

7 reviews

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Blood, Dementia, Stalking, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sargasso_c's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

suneaters's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I simply believe women so I was on Lauren’s side the entire time. It doesn’t do as well creating the idea that might be delusional or she might be in the right. Ah well, it all works out in the end. A real page turner, but overall not super satisfactory and I don’t think I’d read it again. 
Her husband sucked so bad it was almost unbelievable if I didn’t already know most are worse. I liked the detective Harper character, but she slowly turned into just as annoying as everyone else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

disguisedposer'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
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Dementia

bxnnny's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

i didn't feel like i could really stay all that into this story and struggled to get through it. i felt it was an interesting look into motherhood and post-partum as well as an interesting kind of rumpelstiltskin type of modern fairytale sort of thing, but i still just ultimately wasn't all that invested. i wish that there had also been more of an explanation as to why and i felt kind of let down by the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Dementia

tifftastic87's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.25

I liked this more than I expected to. I got attached to the main character and felt for her, to the point of being actually mad at her husband. 

The author did a really good job of writing in a way that made me feel squeamish at the gore and medical, uncomfortable and tense with the antagonist, angry with the husband and anxious for the detective. The excerpts from fairy tales at the beginning of chapters was also a nice touch. The ending was another punch in the gut and to be fair, I wouldnt have had it different. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Dementia

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Stalking, and Death of parent

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I wanted to like this more. It took probably 3/4 of the way through to really grab and hook me. I loved the premise and the little excerpts of folklore thrown in, but I wish that could have been incorporated more. Instead all I could think was how much of a shitbag the husband is from the jump, then how everyone immediately went to “she’s nuts” instead of anyone suggesting postpartum depression (yes I know it was actually changelings). Also, the romantic storyline for Harper felt so disjointed and didn’t do anything to move the story along. 

Personally I think this was a better concept than execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Dementia and Stalking