Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

45 reviews

antidietleah's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

honey_coated_chapters's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

3.0

°:. *₊ ° . ° .•

𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 3//5

𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔: 346

𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: thriller/suspense 

𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔: 

•crime 

•kidnapping 

•”what would you do?”

🚨violence, child abduction, child abuse, animal abuse, suicidal ideology, addiction 🚨

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆: law and order SVU or any other cop show with a female main character who’s slightly annoying but you can’t help but root for because why would you root for the killer? 

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Is the story believable? Absolutely not. If you like your thrillers believable, don’t pick this up. I had to suspend my belief the whole way through. Is it entertaining? Absolutely. The book is split into 2 parts. Part 1 being entertaining, fast paced and action-packed while part 2 slows down into more cerebral territory (diving into the background of the founders of the chain) while also explaining how those caught in the chain heal or… not. It also picks up in an intelligent way (computer cracking, code dealing, HTML MySpace shit x’s100)

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The author writes really well and I like his descriptions. He does go into some gun details, which didn’t bother me at all but if you dislike talks of weapons it might bother you. The premise was out of this world and I found it interesting, even the unbelievable parts were well thought out. I loved considering the possibilities of what I would do in a situation like this and honestly I’d probably burn the world down 🙃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Such a terrifying, yet fascinating premise for a book. This is a unique thriller and one that I won’t forget about anytime soon. The second half of the book drug on a little for me but once I understood why it was set up the way it was, the pace picked up again. It didn’t take me long to identify the bad guy once the second part of the book started but it was gratifying to be right in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Confinement, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jgwags's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Gore, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Abortion, Death, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Vomit, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

This was super fast paced and a fun time. It’s a really interesting concept that kept me on the edge of my seat. I didn’t love the last 150 pages because of the direction it took, but it was still thrilling. I liked the characters and I liked the romance what can I say. Also the fact that this had 77 chapters made me happy( if you know you know). If you want a fast paced entertaining thriller I would recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

alba_marie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Holy sh*t this is one tense, heart pumping, nail biting ride. When the adrenaline stops coursing through my veins, I'll try to sit down and write a proper review....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Confinement, Cancer, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

luv4journey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Cancer

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, and Suicide

gemin1reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

3.5

The first half of this thriller is brilliant - while the concept seems a little wild, it was fascinating and really kept you gripped. The second half deals more with the aftermath and it was slightly underwhelming…really hated the ending itself

because it just ended in a mass shootout essentially, with no real justice served.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death, Drug abuse, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, and Domestic abuse