Reviews tagging 'Death'

I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by Young-Ha Kim

9 reviews

anna_l's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Vomit

angela_iseli's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Suicide

quills4days's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Abandonment, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Alcohol, Grief, and Toxic relationship

americattt's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.25

“For example, a client once told me that she liked van Gogh. I asked her whether she liked his landscapes or self-portraits. She hesitated, then told me she preferred his self-portraits. I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self-portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled with their existence.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

chortle's review

dark fast-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

3.0

initial thoughts: Might I appreciate the narrator more if I was well-versed with philosophy on aesthetics of death? This novel's a reminder to interrogate (sometimes I wish there were reflexive verbs that denote actions done to oneself; so s'interroger in french... I am simultaneously the reader and my self, no?) the reader's separation of narrator and/or characters from their author.

More to say on the characters and execution later...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Self harm

joyfulhopes's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Suicide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Death

manasvini's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I expected this book to be weird and I expected not to like it. Turns out, it was weird, but a kind of weird that spoke to me. This strange and surreal story held many moments that were so vivid and gripping, and spurred my imagination. The fast pace helped, not letting you marinate in the strange, forcing you to accept it and move on. Almost  reminded me of The Stranger by Camus. A good read for those who enjoy the absurd.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

_almasoul's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

Pretentious 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

devilsreject__'s review

dark slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship