Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

6 reviews

hauntedboi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Drug use

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Medical content, and Cursing

Moderate: Drug use, Abandonment, Transphobia, Drug abuse, Lesbophobia, Suicide, and Misogyny

Minor: Racism and Kidnapping

seawarrior's review against another edition

3.0

I read this book on vacation, which I think made it easier to finish than the first time I tried. The story is engaging and fast-paced, though the mystery wasn't as unique as I'd anticipated, and the characters didn't have the amount of depth to them that I prefer. There's plenty of fight scenes, but I don't particularly like reading those. This is definitely a book for people who are interested in H.P. Lovecraft's work, but I only recognize some of his themes and symbols from movie adaptions. So altogether, it wasn't a horrible read, but there were several elements to it that I didn't enjoy. The worst of all these is Andy's obsessive, one-sided romance with Kerri that is resolved by Andy treating Kerri like her girlfriend while Kerri still maintains that she is straight. I don't know why Cantero wouldn't just allow Andy to move on, or have Kerri discover that she is sapphic. I guess I would still recommend this book to people who are interested by the premise. Like I said, it isn't horrible, but it didn't appeal to me as much as I'd hoped. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

toffishay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

3.5

There were parts where the comedy fell flat or it was weirdly slow for how action packed it was, but I was really pulled in to the twists and turns and I love Andy and Kerri :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death and Forced institutionalization

laurajones's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Colonisation, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

abutler's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide