Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld

86 reviews

mariekeroos's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, and Incest

dizzzybrook's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

5.0

Equal parts vile, depraved, nauseating, beautifully written, and absolutely brilliant.. and I never want to read it again.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Antisemitism, Incest, Self harm, Vomit, Body horror, Sexual content, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Blood, and Pedophilia

indiindi's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of the darkest books I’ve read but very characters driven and well written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Incest, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

inaczej's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Child abuse, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Rape

heron_m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Animal death, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Antisemitism and Bullying

honeycow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Abandonment, and Child death

fictionalsarah's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Incest, Suicide, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

biggaywave's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gore, Incest, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Body horror, Mental illness, Suicide, Child death, and Death

zatannacomic's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.75

This book is shockingly gross. It reminded me of the uncomfortable feeling I had while reading Lapvona. At certain points it was a bit too much for me. I’m conflicted though, since this was well-written. I underlined many beautiful lines in this book. 

While I usually don’t mind books with little plot, however I did miss more depth in this story. Especially when there is potential in the story. There was a fantastic novel brewing in this book, but it got hidden behind the body horror (if that’s the right word to use), but I’m not author so maybe I can’t really say that. 

I think that if I had known some of the content warnings before I started reading, I probably would not have picked this up. However I am interested in reading more from this author (but maybe I’ll look into the content warnings first). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Animal death, Suicide, and Grief

nilanilanila's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Sexual harassment, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Animal cruelty