Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

341 reviews

tottles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

amelody's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, Classism, Death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Mental illness

refrejarator's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

Minor: Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

violargento's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

abicaro17's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

As four characters come together to investigate the psychological effects of a haunted house, Eleanor narrates the effect on both her and the others. As the lively aspects of the house become increasingly creepier, Eleanor and the house mates begin to devolve. The set up of this book is incredibly interesting and I actually really enjoyed the slow burn. I think my issues stem from two parts. Part 1: no one in the house ever really addresses any haunted occurrences unless it's during or immediately after. Part 2: The last third of the book was incredibly confusing. I think if I was actually reading it and not listening to the audiobook, it might be different. Overall it was an interesting book and i'm intrigued to see how the show modernized it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Grief, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Violence, Car accident, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

jo_gray15's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

If I based everything purely on vibes, this book would have rated higher but it kind of got to the point where I was having trouble picturing what was going on and so I got confused about what was actually happening..

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Rape, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

weldmadderwoad's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Shirley Jackson is a master of her craft. It took me a long time to get to, but I’m glad I finally read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

There’s a persistent undercurrent of the horror of being a woman in the mid 20th century, which is to be expected. I tagged some mental illnesses which could be triggered by scenes in the book, but

the ghosts are very much real

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henrygravesprince's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

The writing is stellar and the story is unnerving, very good at creating an atmosphere of dread. I saw myself in Nell and the ending feels abrupt but impactful—it’s very fascinating how nuanced and accurate

suicide

is portrayed in this book considering the cultural climate

around mental health

in the 1950s.

It’s always interesting to see the literary DNA of a genre through its classics. In particular, I think it’s fascinating to look at the characters as early iterations of different horror archetypes in this book; for example, Mr. Dudley stuck out to me as a prototype of the “Crazy Ralph” character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Unreality

eerie_iri's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, and Suicide

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Confinement