Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

35 reviews

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, War, and Racism

lindzmace's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

4.25

weirdly hopeful (in a good way) for a book about a bunch of women getting murdered. would read again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Suicide

the_bees_books's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

An amazing mash-up of high fantasy and crime thriller, this book will keep you on the edge of your seat, all the way to the climactic end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Death, and Misogyny

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Suicide, Classism, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Blood

thewitchwhoisabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book. The only way one could really improve it would be to make it longer, develop things more, and give the audience more insight into the lore of the world. Which is to say I wanted more. I haven't read the Goblin Emperor yet, but now I feel I must. The language might slow down some readers at the beginning - lots and lots of unfamiliar words and naming conventions thrown at the reader with no explanation at the outset, and you have to be patient to figure out what's going on. But this ends up making the world feel more fleshed out. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Grief, Death, and Domestic abuse

briely's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

taffy's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

5.0

This is a good book. To get the full experience of this book you need to read the Goblin Emperor beforehand.

I found it a little strange that Thara Celehar's traumatic past is never directly restated in this book and is only hinted at. The ending, as a mirror to his past, would only make sense if you had pieces together what had happened to him or you had read the Goblin Emperor.

Someone give Celehar a hug.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Suicide

noodletheriddle's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Suicide, and Gore

totallyshelfaware's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

Someone better give Thara Celehar a hug soon, or I will climb into this book and do it myself. 😤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

dagsywagsy43's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

griffinthief's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Vomit, Violence, Rape, and Pregnancy