Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

23 reviews

erinlynneee's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Okay. Look. I may have seen someone on booktok talking shit about Riley Sager and it MAY have had me a little tiny bit hesitant to go into this book. But y’all, it slapped!! 

Emma is 13 and sent to Camp Nightingale for her first summer away from home. Having arrived late, she ends up in a cabin with three older girls. They become friends, they laugh, they play games. And then the three older girls vanish, poof, gonna. Fifteen years later, Emma is an artist and is asked back to the re-opened Camp Nightingale to teach young girls how to paint. Does she go to gain some closure? Or is she just stirring the pot? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

meghan01's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Suicide, Death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Car accident, Child death, and Cancer

Minor: Suicide attempt

trulydevious's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Kidnapping, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia

karen_lo's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

4.25

Really liked the book. Kept me guessing at all times and that ending. WOW. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicide attempt

ripxw's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Murder

Minor: Bullying and Suicide attempt

bookishgoob's review

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

4.25

Sager’s work is so confusing to me. he can write incredible stories and he can write terrible stories with good ideas. this happened to be an incredible story. i could be biased because i LOVE summer camp horror stuff but i was intrigued the entire time. The plot twist was so interesting. I still have a slight problem with the way he write women sometimes but i did enjoy this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Torture, and Violence

hapalyn's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

emily_mh's review against another edition

I had no idea that this book would sensationalise mental illness for tension and drama before going into it. I have finished it, but for that reason I won’t be rating it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Mental illness, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Murder, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Animal death, Grief, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Addiction, Blood, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Excrement, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Cancer, Vomit, and Infidelity

sarajane96's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

booksandbrews's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I shouldn’t have read this. I only did because I still owned it, despite deciding I’ve given up on Riley Sager after Home Before Dark. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Body shaming

Minor: Suicide attempt