Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh

19 reviews

madelonpaige's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

katiaveer's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

2.5

this book is nasty. i mean i get it it was set in 1851 but gosh i feel so uncomfortable most of the time reading that. this book unravels how mcglue might or might not killed his best friend. the main character is so unlikeable but his relationship with johnson is sweet and kinda sus from the start. the idea was so interesting to me but actually reading it is just meh idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual content, Racism, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Racial slurs

joe_dmh's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

rin_dawg's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

gracetrimper's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Excrement, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Violence, Body horror, Sexual content, Murder, Gore, Child death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, and Addiction

elise_allberry's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This book is very well written in the way that it conveys alcoholism, however for this reason the prose can often be very confusing and difficult to understand. Despite this, I found myself very attached and sad for the main character by the time I got to the end. A very open ended and ambivalent ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Self harm

alchemy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

kazy's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

5.0

reading mcglue is like picking at a festering wound i didn’t realize i had but now that i’ve noticed it i can’t stop digging my finger into it again and again and again until eventually i’ve got this big ugly hole where chunks of flesh used to be but i’m still running up to people i know asking if they would please consider trying this new form of self-mutilation. 

the VA for the audiobook is very good and really brings it  to life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

redgypsophila's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts