Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

6 reviews

f18's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Sexual content, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

This book was fine, but overall it was disappointing to me. The characters all felt very one note and unrealistic (Julia's actions were at least interesting but her reasons for doing them were pretty stupid), aside from

Julia's murders

the gore almost all takes place off-page or is barely described (why else am I reading this?) and the prose was so overwrought and goofy.

There is a part near the end where Barker wants to convey that a dead character is possessed by one of the cenobites so that character turns to Kirsty and essentially just says, "I'm a cenobite!"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Self harm, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

desarroi's review

adventurous 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

5.0

Absolutely thrilling, a perfect work of the macabre with a healthy dose of cosmic horror.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

cosmic horror, supernatural horror, psychological horror

spooky_ceph's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Torture

kayleighgrimshaw's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

herk's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, and Excrement