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Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'
How to Bite Your Neighbor and Win a Wager by D.N. Bryn
35 reviews
melodyseestrees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
sir_melons's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Alcohol
mld12's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts
cleot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Stalking
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
alex_baker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
micaelacccc's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
booksthatburn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
HOW TO BITE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND WIN A WAGER has a self-contained and very satisfying story, featuring a slow exploration of the boundaries between "liking someone who is a vampire" and having a vampire fetish. The romance builds slowly, held back for a while by mutual distrust and fascination which eventually turns into passion. I get very stressed out by stories where at least one of the characters in a relationship is lying, but this was handled in a way that meant I was able to finish the story without being too stressed to keep reading. I like a lot of things about how this was handled, from the worldbuilding sneaking in info about how vampires have existed for hundreds of years (or longer), to Wesley's long-distance best friend who can provide emotional support but can't solve the logistical problems. A lot of excellent storytelling decisions were involved, and I had a great time reading this.
I'm pretty sure one of the minor characters is the protagonist of the next book, but even if I'm wrong, there are some pretty big things that Vincent and Wesley weren't able to handle which could be addressed in future books. I'm looking forward to the next one!
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Homophobia, Excrement, Medical content, and Medical trauma
madscientistcat's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
My review via tropes:
- Extremely slow burn
- Mutual pining
- Definitely totally platonic biting kink
- Everything could have been easily resolved if anyone had the tiniest bit of communication skill but where’s the fun in that
Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking
Minor: Self harm and Torture
Additional CW: Non-consensual bitingbooksandstardust's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Death of parent
melonmachinery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
The characters are all 1 dimensional. Wesley is Mexican American and you can tell because he says Sí-Yes when he's rushed. Vincent's line about not wanting to exist if it harms others fell flat in its delivery and how it changed Wes's opinions instantly. The real world internet references and usage is so incessant, the characters must have gotten their education at Tumblr University. The romance is rushed, which I did expect since most romance novels do, loving the "insta-love" plotline. The entire moment on top of the mausoleum roof was embarassing. You just wanted to shake the characters and ask why they suddenly are so relaxed about being chased by bad guys they can get each other hard in the cemetary. Wes's vampire kink tended to be embarrassing at best and uncomfortable at worst given the in world context of vampires and what he specifically wanted to do. Vincent is supposed to be sexy and predatory in these moments but most of them made me laugh.
The whole thing with the pharmaceutical company and dead mom was trying to take on something large but failing to deliver, which is also how the story ended for Wes and Vincent. I didn't particular care for Wes's struggles about the revelation of his mom's death since he seemed very blasé himself about selling all her items and changing things once it was confirmed. Their choice to leave the company be and take care of themselves because they wouldn't get support since the government doesn't see vampires as people with rights in particular was discomforting in ways hard to describe.
I could go on. It was an easy read, but not in a good way. Wouldn't recommend this to anyone but wouldn't actively stop people from reading it. Hopefully the author will grow in time.
Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism