Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

La dame de Reykjavik by Ragnar Jónasson

12 reviews

0live_tr33's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pedophilia, Deportation, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Murder

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Suicide, Deportation, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Cursing

himmelspannkaka's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

I like the non-sensational way the story is told. The book has a more realistic, matter of fact feeling to it. Which is reflected in the protagonist's thoughts and feelings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

runeonilyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

I read this as an audiobook, there are multiple POVs and multiple timelines, but there were no obvious indications whose POV you were in. The premise was interesting and the twists were unexpected. The ending was dissatisfying for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Child death

erebus53's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I read this as part of the 52 book challenge as a Nordic Noir. It's an Icelandic police procedural coldcase book, about a woman who is about to retire from the police force.

Exploring the themes of the book it discusses how being a woman in the police can be lonely, but later in the book it starts to nuance that stance by suggesting that maybe this woman was deliberately isolating herself from co-workers, and that maybe if she had just tried harder then she wouldn't have felt so alone in the job.. which feels a bit minimising and gaslighty? But it could be just chalked up to her insecurity and double guessing herself.

It's supposed to be a hard story.. with grit and dark themes. We have to asylum seeking refugees, or are they really secret prostitutes who are overstayers,.. we have people trying to scrape by and make a living, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, pedophilia, and of course, missing girls, sexual assault, murder... etc.
The ending is not exactly guaranteed to be happy.

I think I would have felt a bit better about this all if it had been emotionally resonant, or given me more puzzle solving to indulge in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide, Car accident, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexism, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Classism and Blood

ruth_power's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

Short chapters add to the fast pace and make the main plot taking place over 3 days extraordinary. Very shocked at the sudden ending! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Misogyny, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse

petitemass15's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Moderate: Sexual violence, Deportation, Murder, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death

ekmoore11's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, and Trafficking

main character death

esther_me's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Very well written crime. Loved the story and the plot. Especially liked the length of the book. Not too long and complicated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

clarita's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

The dialogues are not that good

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, and Suicide