Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

29 reviews

moriahleigh's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexism, and Sexual assault

gollibee's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

alithomas's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts

cosmic_griffin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book. It was written so well, and I felt fully immersed in the story the whole way through. It had such a beautiful historical feel to it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

katerina_k_lw's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Felt like traveling to a long lost in time, far away, strange and hostile land, yet so close because of what it means to be a woman in a world that isn't ours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Murder, Religious bigotry, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty and Suicidal thoughts

Enlightening about the suffering that civilised Europeans inflicted on the Sàmi people (indigenous people of North Norway).

decie's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

this could have been so good but

as soon as they arrested the friend it went downhill SO FAST. devastating. and I know it's historically accurate for it to be devastating, but tbh i want all books to give all queer people happy endings.

...definitely check the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Misogyny, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage

lynneliu's review

challenging informative sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Classism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Infidelity

arminam's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Torture

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fatphobia

sophafie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Xenophobia, Death, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny

Moderate: Torture and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicidal thoughts

mapscitiesandsongs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

4.5

This was easily one of the most bleak, depressing and aggravating books I've ever had the pleasure to read. 

I literally had to put the book down a few times because I couldn't handle it any longer. Nevertheless I quite enjoyed it, if you can call it that. The writing is beautiful and atmospheric. I was instantly transported into the rough and bleak landscape of Northern Norway. The characters are all well-written. This is especially true for the two main characters Ursa and Maren, but also for the kirke women in  Vardø. I wanted to jump into the book and strangle all of them. An author has to be very good in their craft for me to actually want to do that.  Loved the LGBTQIA+ aspect of the story.  I also found the ending quite fitting for such a bleak book.  A happy ending wouldn't have made sense and I appreciate the author for choosing the most realistic outcome. 

I can highly recommend the audiobook, which is read by Jessie Buckley. The way she pronounced all the Norwegian names and words really drew me into the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Colonisation, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Infertility, and Infidelity