Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

19 reviews

oceanelle's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.25

Walker's writing is beautiful on a line level, and I'd like to read anything else she writes. With that said, I found the pacing leading up to

Aster's wedding

dragged, leaving the rest of

the sisters' deaths

feeling a bit rushed, aside from Rosalind. I also kept wondering what time period this was set in? Plus, I would've ultimately liked to have seen more of Lola on the page, and for the ending to feel more satisfying.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Suicide, Mental illness, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Death

jillaay_h's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Self harm, Medical content, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

kell_xavi's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence

town_scar's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Just an incredible piece of work. No notes. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Rape, Blood, Alcoholism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Racism, Cursing, Cancer, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Cultural appropriation, and Death

courtney_scott1025's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Shout out to the review I read that said ‘Is this book saying being straight is bad?’ because it made me read this book, and I loved it. It was longer, but it kept me engaged the entire time. Everything was so good about this book except

I wish I understood the curse more and why it occurs

but other than that, it was excellent

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, War, and Violence

rachaelwho's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

Bro... This was so. Boring. I thought I'd love it. I wanted to love it. It was so so so so so boring. So dry and so on the nose. Years and years and years long. Maybe I am just not Victorian enough for this.
Extremely skilled voice acting by the narrator.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Suicide

ktrain3900's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-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

4.25

One part The Virgin Suicides, another part We Have Always Lived in the Castle, with dashes of Sarah Winchester and Georgia O'Keeffe, yet a wholly original, meandering, quasi-gothic tale. Spooky-fun in places, cringe-tastic in others, always enough intrigue to keep me turning pages. Despite the often otherworldly atmosphere, the familial relationships feel largely genuine. Not sure I entirely "got it" or that there was an "it" to get (there seems to be a few ways to read the book) and not entirely won over by the ending, but overall I liked this very much. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide

sophmcgraw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

laney_jpg's review

dark emotional sad medium-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

This is was incredibly heavy and sad, heartbreaking. But also so full of love and such a wonderful portrayal of the special kind of love between sisters and women in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

I would not recommend to anyone currently grieving or those who have lost siblings. Very heart wrenching family-loss throughout the entirety of the book.

brianna_moye's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and Self harm

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide