Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Recursion by Blake Crouch

87 reviews

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Dementia, and Death of parent

paperback_whiplash's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, and Child death

jmarierva's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely incredible. One of the best sci fi books I’ve ever read! All based in our current reality and on this planet. Explores human influence on our reality through technology. Can’t recommend it enough! Will absolutely read more Blake Crouch!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, and War

Minor: Mass/school shootings

pollyflorence's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

jojo_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Dementia, Violence, War, Child death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Vomit

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

Normally I enjoy sci-fi set in a “real world” but I couldn’t get my head around this concept. Just not the book for me. It also had a lot of trigger warnings (suicide/violence) that were difficult and caused me to have to put down but I also wanted to push through because so many have loved this book. I didn’t feel like it was worth finishing but glad I tried it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Self harm, Death, and Suicide attempt

vio_letta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, and Death

booktribe's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I spent close to 80% of this book loving it. The pacing was great, there was action, and intriguing scientific discussions. It was everything I love in sci-fi thrillers and I was enjoying it more than Dark Matter. It was going to be a 5 star read. But that last like 20% of this novel was so freaking repetitive and boring that I’m so disappointed. Why why why did I need that long ass final chapter of them doing the same thing over and over??? The same thing happened at least 7 times and I just became so frustrated with the repetitiveness of the ending that I didn’t even wanna finish the book. But I did, and no the ending did not get better. 

I won’t discourage people from reading this, but I also won’t encourage anyone to read it either because there was no pay off for me. I wish I had continued to love this book and I’m so hurt that it was ruined for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Suicide

dannythestreet's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Self harm, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Car accident, Dementia, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Stalking, War, Addiction, Mass/school shootings, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Cursing

kmayatte's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Self harm, Child death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, War, Blood, Dementia, Gore, Grief, and Murder