Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Permafrost by Eva Baltasar

30 reviews

alexymoe's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Each chapter can be considered self-contained

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, and Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm and Body shaming

bethanwx's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

This is such a beautifully written book, but the narrative feels a bit meandering for me. Baltasar hasn't yet mastered tying her poetic language and significant themes into a clear narrative. I much prefered Boulder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death

Moderate: Transphobia

syd_of_squid's review

dark funny reflective fast-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? Yes

2.5

Such a speedy read, some beautiful writing, although reading translation is always difficult, especially when the style of writing is so poetic. Plot is very zeitgeisty - middle class gal dealing with mental health issues with dark humour. Not a lot of plot but some nice writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kabaum's review

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

courtenaywrites's review

dark reflective tense fast-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

4.25

Baltasar is first and foremost a poet. That much is obvious by the lyrical nature of 'Permafrost'. I have adored everything Baltasar has written, and I am looking forward to her upcoming novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

m_k_busslag's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness

jai_ls's review

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

gansey_02's review

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

permafrost is a book abt death, sex and the drudgery of everyday life, told thru the pov of a lesbian narrator drifting from one place to another, from the arms of a lover to the next. the narrative voice is darkly dry, occasionally funny and bemusingly relatable. as a story, however, it's too stagnant for my taste: multiple chapters and events are so similar that they blur into each other, w/ the story simply droning on and on w/o reprieve, and eventually taking me a week to finish despite being a very slim volume. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Lesbophobia

drlark's review

dark reflective slow-paced

3.5

A meandering, mostly vibes meditation on having/not having kids, sex and sexuality, suicide, and familial love. I like the complexity of the narrator -- a woman drifting through life who just wants to read books, have lots of sex with lots of women, and determine the right time to exit the world. Though that last one gets consistently derailed. Sometimes funny, sometimes super dark, and sometimes over-written, this is a quick, moody read that I picked up for Women In Translation Month. Glad I did, as it definitely has a European sensibility -- our narrator moving from Barcelona to Scotland to Belgium, teaching Spanish, speaking Catalan, and au pair-ing in English -- that I enjoyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts