Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

114 reviews

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

EXTREMELY scary. The phrase "banality of evil" kept coming to mind. Sometimes the tone or phrasing was odd but that may be a translation artifact.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

maddie1280's review against another edition

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

4.75

I will forever be scarred. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

orange_chocolate's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicide

quazimodo's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.75

Te veel tepels. Taalgebruik van de tieners is erg grof.

Wat was dat einde, man? Ik had dit misschien niet moeten lezen voor het slapengaan...

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Een interessant boek maar het was gewoon denk ik niet voor mij. Blij dat ik het heb gelezen maar ik heb nu een lichter boek nodig haha

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm and Excrement

kissmycass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

_sappho_wannabe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

the most disturbing book i’ve ever and might ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

cluelesspixie's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Rape

ravensalwaysreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

Up until the last chapter every character made me think "wow, you can really tell this was written in 2012 by a guy- the bigotry did not age well" and then the ending happened and made everything make sense and I was so pleased while simultaneously being horrified. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kellyofcali's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I really like the first three-quarters of this - a horrifying slow burn. It is pretty brutal and gruesome, so beware if you don't like sort of gory and generally troubling horror. However, the end suddenly shot off the rails into chaos, feeling out of character with the book and frankly losing me a bit - I preferred the slower build.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Religious bigotry