Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

124 reviews

farah24's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Animal death

esterohman's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

This was a quick and easy read, although not my favorite Greek mythology inspired novel. I liked the focus on female perspective, and it was interesting seeing the missing viewpoint in the original stories. However, it just wasn’t that exciting to read. I think that it’s just my own perspective and not the fault of the book however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Alcohol, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Chronic illness, Death, Animal death, Pregnancy, Blood, Child death, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Vomit

chilivanilli28's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, War, Suicide, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gore, and Grief

babblingbooks's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Slavery, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Blood, Rape, Vomit, Excrement, Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Death, Violence, Suicide, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent and Torture

courtneyhollyy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

Minor: Suicide

opinkb's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Misogyny, Child death, Grief, Suicide, and Violence

jessellisx's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Infertility, Misogyny, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide, Slavery, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide, War, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Rape, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

Moderate: Animal death

applesodaperson's review

emotional sad tense fast-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

3.75

I think that everyone who has read Song of Achilles should read this book too, because it just gives a whole other vibe of the events, and actually portrays the Greeks as more of the bad guys. It was very well written and also very emotional at time. The one thing that I didn’t like was that there was a bit of extremely unnecessary fatphobia in this book. It had nothing to do with anything and felt like the author just included for no reason. 
Read from the Provo library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Suicide

bookdragon_jess's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Very good. Sombre and emotional. The poetry of the song of Achilles contrasted with the silence of the girls was touching. The ending was particularly moving. However, I would have preferred not having Achilles’ POV, think the point would have been better served by the whole story being Briseis’ narration.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide, and Rape