Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

210 reviews

cdreibelbis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Eating disorder, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death and Suicide attempt

lexbox's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

3.75

Fun feels like the wrong word to use, but this book was a fun, quick read, not too dark (as far as exorcisms and demons go). If you’re looking for your standard exorcism fare with 80s nostalgia flair and a cast of mean girls, this is the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Domestic abuse

b00murded's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

felt like watching a movie in my head. Soundtrack and all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death and Bullying

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Death, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

hailey_horror's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Eating disorder, and Violence

ootoom's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

What do Phil Collins, a 6 year old can of Coka-Cola, and Jesus Christ have in common? Guess you'll have to read the book to find out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Drug use

aspiringvilliagewitch's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Animal death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Cursing

intentional murder of a dog

cuprum's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Pedophilia, and Racism

simchareads's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved the cheesy 1980’s coming of age, campy horror hybrid of this story & the cover art is brilliant! I grew up during the 1990’s so a lot of the pop culture references were pure nostalgia for me. Despite some graphic scenes, the story still felt light & readable to me. It’s great if you’re in the mood for a solid ‘friendship overcomes all’ trope.

The aspect that keeps me from scoring is perfectly is there was a build up to certain plot points that just never amounted to anything more than a minor, briefly mentioned detail that I think should’ve just been excluded i.e.

All the suspense that was built up around possessed Gretchen wreaking havoc on Halloween amounted to minor events that were only briefly mentioned.

The main characters are all relatively privileged, white girls against the backdrop of 1980’s Charleston, SC. I only mention this because the lack of diversity or acknowledgment of racial tensions in the area may bother some people. There are particularly graphic eating disorder and animal death scenes in this book. There are a few homophobic & AIDS jokes sprinkled throughout the book that would definitely not be acceptable today, but they were common in casual conversation during the time period setting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

There are a few homophobic & AIDS jokes that are stated in the context of humor that was consider appropriate during the time the story takes place in.

lotoblanco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Vomit, Blood, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Addiction, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death