Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

41 reviews

dalaneyseideman's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Mental illness

angrynerd's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

Labeled as a novel, I would put this work more in the ‘novella’ category. The plot compels readers to tackle it quickly and an avid reader with a stretch of time on their hands could finish this in a sitting or two. However, if it weren’t for it’s shorter length I may have abandoned it before the end. The writing style is very staccato and  at the start I was unsure if I was being led by an unreliable narrator or if the author didn’t properly narrate from woman's perspective. The answer was yes to both and in the end it actually worked, but I wasn’t left with the feeling it was done purposefully. Women are not a monolith, but it never felt natural. The author does well constantly supplying a feeling of unease. The second to last chapter contains four pages of a single question asked over and over. However, there are several plot devices, at least one of which I considered important, that are just never explained. I thought reaching the end would give me the ‘Aha!’ that explained the things I was annoyed about or at the very least make them less annoying, but in the end it just wasn’t what the reviews promised. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

theghostly's review against another edition

slow-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? Yes

2.0

Well that was a whole lot of nothing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

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

linseae's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

bitchigo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body horror and Cursing

novajhops's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

mindespair's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

i don’t know what to say other than this fucked me up and had me tearing up in an uber

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

wastingtime1994's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

This book fucked me and I didn’t even understand it. 


Once I decide to add a book to my TBR, I download it on my Kindle. Then when I need a new book, I just pick one that’s already downloaded without looking up the description again. This did not help my case with this book. 

At first, I thought it was a cute romantic novel, then when they get to the school, maybe true crime? Then slowly but surely, it changed. I didn’t notice it at first, but I was hyper aware that I was flinching at every fly, a slight breeze moving the trees scared me, and when the neighbors cat jumped over the fence, my blood felt cold and my heart didn’t stop racing for a few minutes. And that’s when I realized it MUST be a horror book. 
I clung on to every word, scared to skip ahead even the tiniest bit. And I still have no idea what happened. Not just in the book either. I was shellshocked for a bit, and then when I got up to go inside and refresh, all of a sudden nothing felt real. I was questioning my whole day; what time was it? Nothing felt okay until a few hours later when someone else came home and I could have a conversation with them. 

Our minds are a terrible place - and they’re even worse when you’re alone. 

I don’t ever want to read this book again. But I think I have to. 

4.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Moderate: Body horror, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, 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