Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

29 reviews

cuppajoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

There were good twists I didn't anticipate. I would have appreciated a little bit less of the main character's internal monologue as it became a bit repetitive and took away from some of the mystery for readers to solve

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Vomit

hazel_oat's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Misogyny, Vomit, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

kiwij96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This is such a well-written and emotionally engaging book to start a series. I was genuinely hooked from the first sentence and tried to guess what was going to happen throughout only to be right once. Don't let the "romance" trick you though, this was a fantastic murder mystery throughout. If murder mysteries and connecting with Death were set in the world of Bridgerton. So if any of that seems like your kind of thing then I 100% recommend this book.

Literally my only gripe with this book was the romance. Personally, I thought it was a bit disjointed and didn't work with the overall theme of the book. This would have done wonderfully as a historical fantasy mystery, the romance just adds nothing to it other than 2-3 counts of implied, but unnecessary, sexual content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

j_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Not my genre but still enjoyable enough. Predicted

Sylas being death and Percy being the murderer

from less than halfway through but this didn't spoil it too much - although I would've preferred not to have worked it out so quickly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Blood, Suicide, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Alcohol, Sexism, Self harm, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Animal cruelty

deadbelle's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

My three favourite genres; Murder Mystery, Horror and Supernatural Romance all in one book.
The beginning is hard to get through and I must admit I struggled to like it at first as it does read very much as a blatant YA book. Its also predictable and cheesy at times, but once you get used to it the writing style is quite endearing and overall an easy and enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Animal death

druzyquartz's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Vomit, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt

phoenyxashes19's review against another edition

I can't get attached to female lead. She is the most annoying character. The author tries to make her look less bad by making her victims tyrannical and deserving to die. But it's a cheap way to make your MC look like a good and innocent person. I don't like her interactions with death either. I feel like Death could've been more mysterious but he got the personality of a 17 year old. Boring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Moderate: Death

itsbrianascall's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

"You must not allow yourself to be consumed so thoroughly by death. It’s not selfish to live."

I genuinely loved so much about this book. The characters all had distinct voices, and I found myself loving most of them for various reasons, even the ones who had some traits that aren't exactly pleasant. The story was eerie, it was heartfelt, it was introspective, and above all else, it kept me engaged throughout the whole thing.

Having the historical fiction elements tied in with the supernatural and topped off by a murder mystery, I went into it worried that there would be too much going on in this book for any of the storylines to be done well. I can only really think of one situation where I wish I had more context, but seeing as this is a series, it's possible it'll be touched on in the sequel. I can't wait to start the next one and let this series become my whole personality 💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

alisylvi's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, Medical content, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Vomit, Grief, and Sexual content

klpage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this book and be in the minority… but once the plot picked up in pace and we got to know more about Signa, is when it got better for me personally. 

I felt the aesthetic of the book gave me bridgerton vibes, and I did really enjoy reading how the MFC Signa changed throughout the book. 

I would advise checking trigger warnings for this book as there is some dark topics featured. 

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed and I can see why it is popular, and I will read the sequel too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Vomit