Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor

6 reviews

lindseylosers's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Body horror, Pedophilia, Stalking, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Child death, Suicide, Death, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Bullying, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Outing

nialiversuch's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Mental illness, Animal death, Abandonment, Bullying, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Child death, Murder, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Drug abuse, and Car accident

saraellenme's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Drug abuse, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Grief

scburhans's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

 Walked into this book knowing nothing but the title, and boy was it a wild ride. Overall, I thought it was pretty good book, but there were some details that I felt uncomfortable with. I did find some of the elements to be rather predictable, but there were a few twists that surprised me. I thought there were a lot of great complex characters, however, there were still some really stereotypical, 2D characters as well, which was unfortunate.

** Spoilers Below **

The biggest thing I had an issue within this book was Ruby's family. It made me really uncomfortable that the first black and gay characters we get in the book are child abusers and murderers. While I don't think the racism and homophobia from this decision was intentional - I think it was in an attempt to introduce a discussion on unconscious biases - but it still did not read well at all. Having the villain of the story fake a disability also made me incredibly uncomfortable as a disabled person. There was a lot of covert, and I hope unintentional, ableism in the story. I did, however, enjoy the rest of the book, so I did decide to give the story 3.5 stars rather than just three. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

kathryn_a's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Vomit

outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rev Jack Brooks moves to the sticks with her teenage daughter, Flo. Brooks left her last parish, Nottingham, under a cloud and was requested to temporarily fill the interim position of vicar at Chapel Croft. The chapel and the vicarage are dilapidated, and supposedly haunted by the spirits of 'The Burning Girls'; two young religious martyrs who were killed in the reign of Queen Mary I and Jack discovers that the previous vicar committed suicide. Meanwhile Flo makes friends with Lucas Wrigley, a boy who is just as much an outcast as she is, something that is confirmed when they are bullied by two other teenagers from the village. When a horrifying discovery is made, Jack and Flo realise that a sleepy village is not necessarily safe.

Wow! It started off a little slow but once it got going it was a twisty dark tale. Jack is a realistic main character and you get to hear from both her and Flo about their lives in Chapel Croft. Everyone is keeping secrets and there are some shocking revelations as the book unfolds. I worked out the main twist, but there were a couple of others that took me by surprise. Definitely recommended to anyone who likes dark mystery thrillers with a dash of paranormal activity.

CW: mention of suicide, child abuse, bullying, sexual abuse, mention of paedophilia.

Thanks to NetGalley and publishers, Penguin Michael Joseph UK, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Bullying

Minor: Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence