Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

116 reviews

badgersorbet's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Incest, Alcoholism, Abortion, Pedophilia, Rape, and Child abuse

aimeebowen's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Domestic abuse, Deadnaming, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Xenophobia

apestforwrens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

SGJ is an incredible writer and the way he presents Jade really lets the reader ride along with her. I literally stayed up all night to finish this book because I could NOT put it down. It is a horror book, so there is a lot of genre-typical heavy content, but it did not feel gratuitous to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Grief, Animal death, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Medical content, Gaslighting, Racism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Classism, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Stalking

Minor: Rape, Cultural appropriation, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

tallerthanblue's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Rape, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment

hotscarysummer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Incest, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual assault

sagebrush_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

It’s a slow read until about 60% where all hell breaks loose.

I’m not that knowledgeable about slashers so the “Slasher 101” chapters were necessary for me to understand the full story. Those chapters could easily be tedious for people who already are familiar with the genre though. 

I’m not very squeamish but there were a few descriptions of teeth and jaws that had me wincing. Gore should be a given but I did see some negative reviews only because the descriptions were gross 😂

Pretty disappointed in the ending where it is revealed

that this is a supernatural slasher. Don’t really care about those personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault

chaoticbookgoblin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I struggled to get through the first 300 pages but couldn’t put the book down for the last 100 pages. 

Jade was intolerable most of the book, her paranoia and rambling was frustrating and hard to get through. I wish there was more focus on the plot and less on slasher movies as I don’t get 99% of the references and have no idea what she was referring to. The ending was way off in left field but was super entertaining for a horro reader. 

A lot of trigger warnings, if you can get through the beginning it’s worth the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

chessie's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.5

this book had some great moments and some spectacularly lazy ones. i’m sort of disappointed. definitely recommend checking content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Rape

Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

bambooboy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Cursing, Self harm, Alcoholism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Classism, Sexual assault, Grief, Rape, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child death, Classism, and Rape

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Colonisation, and Vomit