Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Wool by Hugh Howey

39 reviews

lonelylooper's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent and Medical content

goeagles91n's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Self harm, Confinement, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

cerealspiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I liked it more than I thought I would, and I look forward to reading the next book in this trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, War, and Violence

megyeager's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

I loved the majority of this book. It was a little darker than I typically read with such explicit mentions of suicidal thoughts. However, I found the plot compelling and the shifting perspectives didn't turn me away. I even found the deaths to be reasonable in response to the circumstances the. Characters were in. The reason I'm giving this a lower rating is because there were moments throughout the book where I genuinely thought to myself "there's no way this character would say that" and it drew me out of the story. Specifically in two scenes: one where Bernard basically says that Mayor Jahns can eat shit and die (and then literally kills her) and one where Knox suddenly is Karl Marx and can give amazing speeches even thought before this he was the string, silent, and broody type. Both of these instances were so far out of left field for me that I had to lower the rating. I am excited to read the next book in the series though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Suicide

stags880's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

celenaahuman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide

essiekay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

megganly's review against another edition

Too dark for right now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

bnwkr's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

arborapollonis's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

Bought this book on a whim but was really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it! The writer has a clear knack for building up and subverting both reader and genre expectations, which I really enjoyed. Another thing I really enjoyed were the pov switches, especially since it showed every character's limited knowledge of the world around them. Runs a little long, but I found the tension doesn't suffer under it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism