Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Amok by Sebastian Fitzek

4 reviews

ellie_the_banshee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Suicide, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Violence, Drug abuse, Self harm, Gun violence, Murder, Cancer, and Addiction

bakerloo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

kathrinellis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

3.5

Wie immer sehr spannend und ausgeklügelt, aber trotzdem für mich nicht so überzeugend wie andere Thriller von Fitzek. Ich bin zwar nicht der ganzen Auflösung auf die Spur gekommen, aber ich habe mich nicht so leicht beirren lassen und habe einen der Haupttäter direkt für mich enttarnt. Schade!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Car accident, Terminal illness, Torture, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Suicide, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

honeyreads1066's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I honestly didn't expect to love this book as much as I did.

This book follows Ira who in what she expected to be her last day on the earth, gets pulled back into her job as a hostage negotiator when a man breaks into a radio station. For each hostage, he calls a number from the phonebook, at random. If they answer with a specific slogan, a hostage goes free. If they don't, a hostage dies. The only issue is the thing he wants is his girlfriend except she died 8 months ago in a car accident.

The characters themselves were all complicated. Maybe it's because the book was set in a day but you couldn't guess anyone except Ira's motivations but that worked well for the genre of the book. I think that's what made me guess the whole way through. The characters weren't also likeable but they didn't need to be for you to feel sympathy or empathy. I think that could have gone both ways but was written very well here.

The plot itself kept me guessing the whole way through, I genuinely had no idea where it would end it what the twist would be and also who was reliable and who wasn't. I think that in itself added to the story.

My only issue was that while I understand why it was put in, the things about Ira's daughter just didn't find my interest. Maybe it's because we never met her so I wasn't that upset about it or because Ira wasn't too much of a likeable character so I wasn't invested in what she wanted but frankly I didn't care.

Overall I greatly enjoyed this, it went to places I didn't expect and the twists in the plot weren't things I was able to guess. I would 100% recommend this book as a good thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Torture