Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

25 reviews

splatteredbastard's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Stalking, Confinement, and Animal death

Minor: Alcohol

archer_w27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

no thank you. i can't. i won't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Blood, Animal death, Death, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Murder

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

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

1.5

I truly disliked this book. 

The writing itself isn't that bad, but the beginning and end of this book really are. The beginning is extremely boring and filled with superficial philosophy, 

the long car ride does really feel like one, it´s never-ending

the end made me full of rage, I already wasn't enjoying this book but the ending really felt like I had wasted hours of my life,

the author pulled the it was all a dream shtick 

. The middle part didn't feel as bad.

As for the characters, I cannot stand the main one, (whose POV we always follow) I was actually constantly rooting for her death. I am aware she represents more than appears at first sight, but I still find her insufferable. 

On a brighter note, or darker in this case, I felt the tense and ominous environment was really well maintained from the half point onwards, but this wasn't enough to save this book for me.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, and Physical abuse

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

anningana's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

nabilzo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

watched the movie adaptation first, and wanted to see how it is compared to the book and yep it was awesome

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail