Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Wool by Hugh Howey

29 reviews

megyeager's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved the majority of this book. It was a little darker than I typically read with such explicit mentions of suicidal thoughts. However, I found the plot compelling and the shifting perspectives didn't turn me away. I even found the deaths to be reasonable in response to the circumstances the. Characters were in. The reason I'm giving this a lower rating is because there were moments throughout the book where I genuinely thought to myself "there's no way this character would say that" and it drew me out of the story. Specifically in two scenes: one where Bernard basically says that Mayor Jahns can eat shit and die (and then literally kills her) and one where Knox suddenly is Karl Marx and can give amazing speeches even thought before this he was the string, silent, and broody type. Both of these instances were so far out of left field for me that I had to lower the rating. I am excited to read the next book in the series though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Suicide

jerseynoonatic's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

This book has so many surprising twists and turns! And the world building is fantastic! I felt like I had a clear picture of it without being bombarded with details.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Death

bnwkr's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

scmiller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Death, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Stalking

mardana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, War, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, and Death

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

I haven't seen the tv show. I've only seen one short clip of a character saying

they wanted to go outside / they're lying to us

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Really enjoyed the writing style and the narration. 

Loved the feeling of tension created through

POV characters getting murdered, made you feel like anything could happen to any of the characters! Really made the 2 fake-out deaths super effective!

I also really enjoyed the inclusion of an unexpected theme

(romance)

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The only thing I didn't love was that part of the story didn't make sense to me when I thought more about it

like I don't get why the deepdowners were so keen on immediate revolution

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Murder, Torture, Violence, War, Confinement, and Classism

cat12345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Body horror, Cursing, Excrement, Infertility, Gore, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, Child abuse, Incest, Stalking, and Bullying

mylittlehappynook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual content

pulleamurmeli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Classism and Cursing

scvqa's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Medical content and Child death