Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

De avond is ongemak by Lucas Rijneveld

94 reviews

indiindi's review against another edition

dark sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

One of the darkest books I’ve read but very characters driven and well written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Grief

inaczej's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

heron_m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying and Antisemitism

honeycow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Abandonment

fictionalsarah's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

biggaywave's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, and Antisemitism

zatannacomic's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.75

This book is shockingly gross. It reminded me of the uncomfortable feeling I had while reading Lapvona. At certain points it was a bit too much for me. I’m conflicted though, since this was well-written. I underlined many beautiful lines in this book. 

While I usually don’t mind books with little plot, however I did miss more depth in this story. Especially when there is potential in the story. There was a fantastic novel brewing in this book, but it got hidden behind the body horror (if that’s the right word to use), but I’m not author so maybe I can’t really say that. 

I think that if I had known some of the content warnings before I started reading, I probably would not have picked this up. However I am interested in reading more from this author (but maybe I’ll look into the content warnings first). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Incest, Suicide, and Grief

nilanilanila's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

emzilia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

This is an incredibly dark and disturbing novel, but the graphic content is juxtaposed by the poetic and beautiful writing from the perspective of a traumatised, hurting, child. It captures the way we used to think as children and would make logic connections to the things around us. For Jas, however, her sense of the world is informed by tragedy and disfunction. 

This is a beautiful novel because it is written beautifully, but the story is anything but. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sheryl_macca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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

5.0

This one is disturbing and uncomfortable to read but it's written so beautifully that it becomes palatable, enjoyable even. Not for the feint of heart but so poignant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Suicide attempt