Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

19 reviews

yogyaa's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

..I was excited to go in this book cause I've heard all about the big plot twist at the end, did I by some chance read a different book cause where was that plot twist? All of the story is in the blurb and there is absolutely no plot twist according to me, everything was pretty obvious from the beginning. The ending felt so rushed and incomplete thi I do hope that the next part will elaborate on that more. Overall it was a pretty decent book :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Drug use

willowmae's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Stalking

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

elizalavenza's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicide

keepingitread's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

4.0

Although, this book has a creepy topic I enjoyed it. The tag line on the cover of the book Boy Meets Girl, Boy Stalks Girl, Girl Gets Revenge is definitely a nice simple description of what you are in for when reading this book. I enjoyed the twists and turns that the book had, and it also allows you to think about thinks and to be more careful what you post online. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

This is a book with a lot of different strong content warnings and recommending going into this book knowing that.

lornmari's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

If you’re a fan of the series “You” or If you favor a dark MC this book is a good quick read. 

When I first started reading it it felt a lootttt like “You” (I couldn’t stop picturing the male lead as Joe for the entire book) but then it took a sharp turn 50ish pages in that solidified “I like this book” for me.

Admittedly I don’t read books very critically so I found all the twists and turns surprising and engaging (though in hindsight I can see how another person could have easily predicted the next step). The pace of the book was quick and the story progressed consistently. Sitting at a little over 300 pages I would say this was a quick and easy read. Kind of dark, but I enjoyed that.

Trigger Warnings: domestic abuse, blood, death, violence, stalking, drugs,  and suicide. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

theloveofwordss's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

fandomckb's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

1.5

Honestly, after reading the summary I was expecting so much more than I got. The story moved so fast at times I thought the character was hallucinating or imagining it. Finally, the story just moved way too fast. There was no breaking up talking with text, they spent way too many pages of just dialogue or just internal thoughts and whenever it was mixed, it was hard to follow because it was too fast. The characters were extremely dark, and made it hard to relate to them. The choices they made didn't make sense and the 'plot twists' felt more twisted and dark than actually enjoyable. If you're at all interested in reading for the world being built and not just the characters find another book. All I got was 'fancy boarding school'. 


<spoliers> She kills her mom's boyfriend after fantasizing about hurting him or fighting back or something so I thought that was the same thing? And the 'she was the drug dealer's thing was bull. There was almost nothing leading to that and it felt almost forced. Finally, the ending where she kills Logan was one of the only things that sort of made sense, but again, it only took like 2 pages to kill him. <spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism and Suicide attempt

larabezzina's review

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

pamshenanigans's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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"I'd escaped from one maniac only to run straight into another."

- The Obsession was both predictable and unpredictable in the sense that there are SO MANY routes that the book could've gone to.
- The depiction of obsession was great and was nuanced. Jesse Q. Sutanto easily switched to the two distinguishable POVs. Nuanced in a way that the character was aware of his unhealthy fantasy and dangerous obsession, yet can't seem to just give it up.
- For the two POVs, the characters are each dealing with their own monsters that are meant to break them both, and only one of them can survive.
- Writing is great! It was fast-paced yet still managed to bring out the different layers to the characters
- Plot may be predictable to some but I really enjoyed the ride!
- I wasn't expecting it but I'm also lowkey interested to read the sequel (found out when I finished the book!) because who would it focus on? Dee's life in college?

Trigger/Content Warnings: stalking, physical abuse, mental abuse, gaslighting, murder, drugging, racial slur, suicide attempt, blackmailing, erotomania, delusional disorder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Racial slurs, Suicide, and Suicide attempt