Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

8 reviews

thescenery's review

dark slow-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

Despite being gruesome, and the reading being slow for a book of only 92 pages, the author was able to craft a remarkably intricate story. While reading, the reader may feel uncomfortable, yet they can navigate between understanding Andi and comprehending her unstable mental state. This differentiation was crucial for the book, and the author did a magnificent job of transforming something terribly graphic into beautiful descriptions and perspectives.

However, it was hard to grasp any sympathy for the character. I don't know if it was on purpose or not, but I think the book would benefit from it, getting the reader involved with Andi, because otherwise I just didn't care much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Murder, and Death

sammysamsam's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Abandonment, and Death of parent

cat_d's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Vomit

perkyanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Whaaaaaaaaaaat

So normally I don’t really love the

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women be crazy

genre of horror, or

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gross out

horror, but here they join together perfectly in a <spoiler >gross disgusting sad fucked up tense whirlwind of ewwwww. </spoiler >

I can’t recommend this to anyone. It was literally nauseating. But it felt authentic and real and rough. 

The Dr. Fawning thing

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was a bit obvious too early for the reveal to have proper impact, but overall, I loved it bc it did show that deep inside she had juuuust enough self awareness to almost be able to help herself. But not enough, not enough.</spoiler >

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

ladyinverse's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I'd rate it higher if I could holy mackerel this was a very good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gore, Child death, Vomit, Cannibalism, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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grieving and angry lesbian eats raw flesh.

venom's review against another edition

dark medium-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

0.5

Boring, edgy and predictable style of writing. Not much else to say about it.
Uncomfortably stereotypical portrayal of psychosis, as well as the same gender relationship in a sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cannibalism, Murder, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

possumpages's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Child death

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, and Infidelity

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Cancer