Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Death Cure by James Dashner

7 reviews

authorannafaundez's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

There wasn't a whole lot of mystery in The Death Cure. It was more about survival and trust/betrayal. Which is fine, but I would've been happier with more questions answered about the sun flares, the virus, and the history surrounding the collapse of civilization. However, what we learn about what the Flare does to people is very well done. You see the virus at every stage, and it's terrifying.

I'm looking forward to the prequels and sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Suicide

mj_hyperfixation_station's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

This book was emotional, overwhelming and non stop. It was a rollercoaster to read but I’m happy I stuck with it and finished it

I’m only somewhat disappointed in t ending but it could have been worse. I liked how the book went full circle and they went back to the glade which felt like years ago even though it was only weeks ago.

I was impressed to say the least with the outcome of the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Child death

ishouldbereading's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Drug use, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

imkedogger's review

adventurous sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

Ugh, what a slog.

It's been a long time since I've read anything of Dashner's, so the writing style came at me like I was reading it for the first time.  I want to call it a lot of "telling, not showing", but there's something to his verb choice that aggravates me.  There's an awful lot of "Thomas now saw..." and "Thomas understood that..." and "It was obvious to Thomas."  The deeper I got into the audiobook, the more grating these descriptions were.  Thomas was at all times both omniscient and clueless.  Always making the exact right choices to get in the exact wrong situations from which he'd make the exact right choice to get out of... and then end up in another wrong situation, from which he'd make (you guessed it!) the exact right choice to escape.  And on it goes.  It was repetitive and monotonous.

Usually when I continue a series I'm not particularly in love with, I'm in it for a character.  And almost always, *somehow*, I pick the character that the author chooses to kill off or otherwise destroy in the next book.  I don't know how I do it - it's a knack, I guess.  But that happened again here where we were and will forever be stuck with THOMAS.  Boring, shallow, unexciting Thomas.  If you're going to have a Chosen One (which now he indisputably is) at least make him interesting.  The concept of this series remains really interesting, but its execution is subpar.

I'm definitely done with this series.  THE DEATH CURE was a long walk to nothing.  There was little to no character development, little to no plot progress, and the writing was grating.  There are so many better books to read by authors who do not sexually harass women and then gaslight them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, War, and Violence

heroic_deeds's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Medical content, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit