Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

5 reviews

jelliestars's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Blood, Death, Racial slurs, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Torture, Islamophobia, Suicide, Car accident, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Stalking, Medical content, Rape, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Mental illness, Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, War, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Sexism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

princessxnicole's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Torture, Gun violence, Suicide, Death, War, and Miscarriage

Minor: Child death

ruthmoog's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

Took me a while to get into but I thought it was great a couple of chapters in.
I really enjoyed discovering the history of Vlad and the legend of Dracula, the locations of the research making stories click together. The story also links

the legend of St George with Dracula -the dragon- which was a lovely touch although afaik the timelines are many years apart

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The story is told through a collection of letters and research, and set in several libraries. Is this dark academia?
By the very end, the depth of the title became apparent. Very satisfying 👏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Stalking, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol, War, Suicide, and Confinement

eleanora's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Genocide, Grief, Miscarriage, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, Racism, and War

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

This was a truly epic story. I loved everything about it. It was well paced with detailed writing. Wow. The only reason I docked it .5 was because it really is a super long book. Took me a while to get through, but with that said, completely worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide