Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Drowning by T.J. Newman

11 reviews

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

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

5.0

One of the most heart-pounding and adrenaline induced book comas I’ve ever had!! I was fully taken under (pun intended) by this modern day survival story. The times of the day when I wasn’t reading it, I was thinking about it. And the times I was reading it, I was thinking OH MY GOD HOW IS THIS GONNA END?!! HOW DO THEY SURVIVE A PLANE CRASH, AND THEN A PLANE SINKING??!!

I’d been wanting to read this for a long time now, but waited until after I’d taken several flights and had no more in the near future because, well, duh. This book is like your worst fears come to life, and the way Newman wrote it, it’s so scarily accurate. Not to mention, one of the main characters in this nightmare situation was named Shannon, so that only furthered how immersive the novel was to begin with. 

Alas, it was an incredible book. You’ll want to read it all in sitting, if possible. I’ve always found the stories behind disaster scenarios fascinating and this one was well-researched and supported to really make you understand what it would be like in real life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Cursing

Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Terminal illness

priscillarobock's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Confinement, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

aas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Suicide

ksuazo94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, Suicide, Blood, Confinement, Child death, Grief, Vomit, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

I really liked it.  It was tense and well written.   I'd read more from this author (though perhaps not on a plane).  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Cancer

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Phenomenal book. This had me enthralled from the first to last page. The characters, the writing, the plot, all amazing. I loved it so much and it made me feel so anxious and made me cry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gore, Confinement, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Death, Child death, Blood, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

noladawnreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity

reading_under_covers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

Six minutes after taking off, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. As passengers begin fleeing into the water, an engine explodes, causing 12 people to lock themselves into the plane, their only form of safety. However, soon after, the plane sinks into the ocean and any hope for rescue begins to diminish.

DROWNING by T.J. Newman had me sobbing from the first chapter. Much like Newman’s debut FALLING, I fell in love with the characters and spent a lot of time laughing and crying over their interactions.

Her experience as a flight attendant is apparent, though I will say all of the technical jargon did lead to me docking half a star.

This one was fast-paced, kept me up way past my bedtime in order to finish it, and was just an intensely quick read!

The overall storyline was predictable at times, but that made it easier for me to digest and kept my stress levels at a more moderate level 😅

Huge thanks to NetGalley and Avid Reader Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This book is OUT NOW!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Minor: Infidelity and Suicide