Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

7 reviews

julesmae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• 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

5.0

Another hauntingly composed work of mythology and history from Katherine Arden who is quickly cementing herself aiming my favorite authors of all time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Body horror

Minor: Suicide

kirtreads's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book took me over two months to read because it is raw, emotional, dark, and does not throw punches. I had to listen in bits and then process and then come back. I can understand why the author calls this “the fiend”. I normally hate war fiction but this felt so raw and real, and I actually cared about the characters. 

This novel isn’t sad for the sake of being sad. I think Kathrine Arden actually does a great job of capturing the inexplicable and crazy hope that people can have in their darkest moments. However, it still is dark. The ending will crush you, but it is so worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Xenophobia, Suicide, Abandonment, Body horror, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Deportation, and Sexism

meg_turnsthepage's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Suicide

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, War, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Excrement

readingonthefly's review

tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this one! It reminded me of Divine Rivals mixed with The London Seance Society. Loved the narrators, as they both made it really easy to just continue on. There was a lot of war, and definitely more detailed than Divine Rivals. I really liked that there was a “bad guy” as it really gave me someone to actively root against. That being said, it kind of lost me towards the end. The last two sentences intrigued me though! Still recommend if you liked the above mentioned books and war doesn’t bother you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

pixie23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Grief