Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

291 reviews

_sadpotat0_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Vomit, and War

purplerose30's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

Minor: Rape

kaladinstormstressed's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, and War

sarahdmt's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

A lire absolument !
L'histoire est dense et absolument prenante, on ne peut que s'y plonger entièrement, même si l'univers développé est dérangeant et inquiétant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts

lily_kruse's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

megb64's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

itsradsmads's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder

alexander1776's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Just sensational.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Abortion

Minor: War

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark slow-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

3.75

This is a difficult book to rate. I liked it well enough, though it was a bit slow. The narrator had a pretty good voice and I didn't find her annoying even if I disagreed with her a lot. Honestly, it was good that she wasn't a perfect person. At the same time I struggled to really get into the book and plot. I would have liked to have seen a little more about our narrator from before as we only got brief flashes. I feel like that would have cemented her personality and its changes in my mind a little better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and War