Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

15 reviews

kaseymkelley's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicide, Death, and Murder

jenn_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

It was fine. Just... fine.

I listened to it as an audiobook and it was a little more difficult to follow than I imagine it was in print? It kept re-reading the list of names and starting the chapter numbers over from one, it took me about two thirds of the book to realize it might have names struck through that the narrator wasn't identifying as such. It was also a little hard to keep track of the threads as an audiobook.

The Jay chapters in particular were really jarring to hear aloud like that. I was not prepared. 

I feel like I probably should have just reread And Then There Were None. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gun violence, Child death, Murder, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

Drowning

kris386's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Drug use, Sexual content, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

shazzalovesnovels's review

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

"Bad People go unpunished all the time. And innocent people suffer outrageously." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Child death

Minor: Car accident and Suicide

bookishflaneur's review against another edition

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

3.5

Nine Lives is a tense and thrilling murder novel which kept me guessing to the last minute. As with “Rules for Perfect Murders”, I found the build up and climax incredibly well written and something I never could have guessed. The characters were very much flawed, but as a reader I was still able to feel for their situation. Personally, I preferred RFPM, however the concept for this book is still very good and very well executed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, and Toxic relationship