Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Ruins by Scott Smith

26 reviews

ssummar's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Self harm, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty

kyleeb4by's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

i really liked this book!! i found it to be genuinely unsettling throughout and very well written.

i do think they should’ve brought phones?? like come on dude be serious how are you on vacation and not one of you is bringing your phone…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Self harm, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Vomit, Excrement, and Sexual content

kyra_joy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This books isn’t fast it’s an incredibly slow burn but it builds the tension so well, and I enjoyed it. Though at some places it did drag a little and took me longer to read than I was expecting. The characters were great for the most part flawed but they feel real even when unlikable. I love story that takes place in basically one setting, and this one did a great job not feeling to stale. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gore, Self harm, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism

ebihen3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

add_a_little_spook's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Animal cruelty, Gore, Murder, Death, Vomit, Body horror, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

secretcistory's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-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

3.0

despite how fast the main plot/‘horror’ aspect starts, i was so god damn bored.

all the deaths shoved in the last 50 pages, making us wait so long for such lame deaths? like right before the deaths r always really good, eric skinning himself but then dying of a stab wound. pablo hanging on the entire book to get smothered randomly as if the author forgot about him

the ritual was one of my favorite horror books to date and this was a let down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Murder, Self harm, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism

redbee9's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Gore, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

tgaddie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical content, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cannibalism

lovelydeadgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, and Vomit

Minor: Cannibalism

gellyreads's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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

3.0

I am so conflicted about this book. It is genuinely scary and gross, but the characters are so bland, boring, and just terrible people. And I know they’re all terrible ish, but the portrayal of the women also just rubbed me the wrong way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore