Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Wranglestone by Darren Charlton

4 reviews

markwillnevercry's review

2.0

Not gonna lie, it felt a bit all over the place. In the beginning I was like, "Ah, it is going to be about Peter learning to kill the restless one and thinking about that process, as a deeply emotional person he is", but nah, that was not the problem. I have a feeling, that there were many ideas, that the writer wanted to involve in the story, but either couldn't think through them well enough or simply didn't have enough space in the book. The general strokes of the story are really nice, but there were some places that made it questionable. The short chapters are nice, but I did not understand most of the times why one chapter would end and the other begin, sometimes in the middle of the scene even. It just felt a bit strange. Overall, it was an enjoyable reading experience, I just wish it was better. 

Reading notes:

Why did he throw away the alarm? Shouldn't he keep carrying it to attract the dead?

And the community is just okay with Bud basically killing someone, by making them a bait and not fully informing them?

Now Peter is going to take over Mr Schmidt's job? Where is this story going?

Bro, the sex scene, bring out the fans, bois, it be steamin hot. 

I have a feeling, that the writer of this book is not too fond of capitalism, seeing how Cooper reacts to the idea of wanting to be born before shit hit the fan. (this is never mentioned again, they never again think about being born at some other time)

Did we really need the scene where they kill Essie? Like, there was a bunch of blood already spilled and it does not really make sense to kill her in such a flashy way. 

So we just leave the rest of people and have just Peter, Cooper, Tom and Becky????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Animal death, Gore, Body horror, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Slavery

jjjreads's review

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Trafficking, Blood, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Slavery, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

ethen_rey's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Trafficking, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Child death

li_reading's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture