Reviews tagging 'Blood'

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

84 reviews

townmarshboy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Suicide

cady_sass's review

dark 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? Yes

3.5

What….. the fuck….. what the fuck. That seems like the only appropriate reaction. 
I was fully into this and loving it, couldn’t put it down, until the final few chapters. Felt a bit let down by the final conclusion and how confusing the writing became. I understand generally what the outcome was and the authors intention I just wished for different execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Animal death, and Mental illness

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

wow. okay, so, over two years ago, a friend recounted this book to me, including its ending. later i started to read it but never finished; today i read it start to finish. even knowing the ending it was still so unsettling and creepy, which is commendable because i don't see myself as easily scared by books. and even as a horror/thriller, it had substance to it and leaves me with much to think about. recommend, though it's best to go in knowing as little as possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

Moderate: Death, Stalking, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Vomit, Body shaming, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence

bennybooks's review

challenging mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

Damn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Animal death, and Blood

eucareads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

What did I just read?

The entire book is awkward and uncomfortable. Then it gets scary. Then the twist hits and it felt like a major mindf*ck.

Honestly, for a psychological thriller under 250 pages, this was worth the read. I’m curious to see how Netflix is going to make this to life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicide

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Animal death

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The twist is spelled out from the start (and I'm usually so bad at guessing twists lol) but it's a worthwhile read nonetheless, with interesting observations about relationships and the mind. However, (and I know that's the whole point and whatever) by the last pages I was over the choppy, disorienting, manic writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Ableism, Animal death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Blood

chloevienna's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

really solid horror book - read it in a few hours. i’d seen the movie first, but definitely enjoyed the book more and felt it gave interesting insights. really spooky and oddly deep??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Death, Body horror, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content

ekmook's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide, Blood, and Self harm

Minor: Animal death and Stalking

inmyhead's review

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

You definitely are going to have to look up the explanation or re-read the book to understand what's actually happening, it's amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

It's really sad once you figure out what's actually happening but I do think it's definitely an awakening of almost saying "Don't stay to much in your head" and to talk to others or it will drive you mad and cause sadness.

batcaves's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Mental illness