Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock

59 reviews

savyelizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

outofthepinksky's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

3.5

Very fast-paced and entertaining.  However, the story was deeply flawed for me by the sheer amount of homophobia and fatphobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Death of parent, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Ableism, Drug use, Rape, Blood, Animal death, Body shaming, Addiction, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Excrement

amazinglaureads's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-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

3.5

harrowing. exhausting. once you think it can't get worse it does!! but in a brilliant way. it is a well-written, gothic-american tale of interconnectedness and generational trauma.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Rape

octopusarms's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Grief, Violence, Cursing, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, and Infidelity

saint_eleanor's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

So ouchie
Like natural born killers if they were both decrepid hill people w horrible horrible kinks 
Great read 👍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Child abuse, and Child death

hkveit's review against another edition

dark sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Pedophilia, Racism, and Homophobia

elliez's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Terminal illness, Vomit, and Suicide

eckit6776's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i loved this book, i couldn’t put it down and the short chapters and pacing are mostly to blame. the characters development is hard to explain, arvin is definitely an antihero that i couldn’t help but root for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Animal death, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, and Violence

Moderate: War and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Suicide, and Classism

lizziebennets's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

It took me three years to finish this book. Personally, I really didn't like it because of the graphic descriptions in it. There was not one likeable character which actually kind of made some (VERY FEW) parts okay to read. Although i think its just to justify the characters choices.  I was going to give it two stars but that felt a little bit generous. Others might be okay with really graphic depictions of violence but It just was not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Suicide

taylorraven's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a good book but I wouldn't recommend it. Look into the book a bit before reading it because there is a lot of things that can be triggering. 

Also it won't let me put this as a trigger warning but this book might be triggering if you have a religious based trauma (Christianity. I don't think any other religions are mentioned). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Fatphobia, Suicide, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Ableism, Racism, Misogyny, War, Homophobia, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty