A review by typedtruths
The Breakdown, by B.A. Paris
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Dementia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Stalking
Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder
➸ Trigger warnings for graphic domestic emotional abuse and gaslighting (theme), spousal infidelity, early-onset dementia and paranoid delusions (theme), drugging, prescription pill abuse, discussions of attempted suicide, suicidal ideation (minor), overdose, emesis, hospitalisation, death of a father in a car accident mentioned, death of a mother from illness recounted, murder by knife violence (off-page), stalking, and home invasion.