Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Gothikana by RuNyx

146 reviews

librarianshell's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

meliroo's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

literaryxdragon's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Death

marinajonesreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

I got through it. Solid 2. The writing was at time pedantic and the plot lacked a lot of substance. I think we I saw “gothic romance” I was thinking along the lines of Adalyn Grace’s “Foxglove” — a slow burn, out of time, dark romance. This was dark. I will give it that. I would strongly advise one check the content warnings before reading. But the ending just lacked so much. It kind of was just there. I felt like we’d been building to something supernatural or even just unexpected. But we instead get a Scooby Do-esq storyline. And I was still left with so many questions. And not in a fun way. This felt, at times, like one big spicy book with words around it in the vague wispy form of a plot. Ironic, I know. Would I recommend? Probably not.

But I will say, the cover, binding and sprayed purple edges are beautiful. The purple and black is such a solid choice. Love the Verenmore gold foil. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide, Grief, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Incest, Blood, and Bullying

brym1230's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

rkidd130's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Murder

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

Minor: Dementia and Rape

ellarroz's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Suicide

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

0.5

Don’t waste your breath on this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Blood, Violence, Murder, and Mental illness

alannashelfhelp's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

This book doesn’t know what it is. Mystery? Hardly. Fantasy? There is nothing magical or mythical, but maybe I would call it tangentially paranormal. I guess it’s romance—if you consider iffy power dynamics between a student and teacher ~romantic~

Shallow mental illness themes that are more problematic as a plot device than doing anything helpful. There is no plot and lots of sex scenes with consent issues—lots of “seed” and “I own you” things. Not my thing, bro. Barf. I read the whole thing though so that’s on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Suicide

boopdbun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, and Suicide