Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Deep by Nick Cutter

23 reviews

e_gracereads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

This book is a 5 star read until literally the last… 20 pages? Which is just really typical for Nick Cutter, unfortunately. I LOVE his plots and I LOVE his books and they’re nauseating and gut wrenching, and then the last 20 pages rolls around and totally ruins it. The plot gets lost by whatever weird crock shit he’s come up with, overexplaining things to the point where they’re no longer scary, and the ending will just leave you unsatisfied. I am just not ever impressed with how his books end — he spoon feeds you the answer instead of just leaving you with dread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

lithoerary_atria's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.5

the troop by nick cutter was one of absolute favourites this year and truly the mastery over body horror this guy has makes me wanna study his brain. and that thing persists here too!! that being said i didn't like this one as much i hoped to do.

lemme break it down for ya:

parts 1, 2 & 3? utterly boring and mind-numbing and the whole writing down the sounds made didn't help. also i DIDN'T appreciate the numerous flashbacks that went on for pages. they could've been done away with. 

parts 4 & 5? HELL YEAH, that's my stuff!! horrors beyond human comprehension & feeling helpless? fuck yes!! the writing was still meh tho especially with those internal voices inside luke's mind. it was silly & brought you out of the story lol.

part 6? i- we don't speak about it lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

dandaloriian's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Fatphobia and Child abuse

apolloniablooms's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.5

Like a lot of horror/thrillers this book suffers from hitting the peak amount of tenseness a person can feel really early on and then maintaining it instead of giving the reader relief then building tension again.  By the end I was skimming.  Bad guy is bad because of mental illness. Wish it had been a short story.  Would be a good premise for a video game.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Grief, Torture, Stalking, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Terminal illness, Animal death, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, and Body horror

a_novel_craving's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Incest, Grief, Death, Confinement, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Addiction

originalconnor's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Gore

Minor: Suicide and Emotional abuse

klitanightfuryreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Violence, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

rachaeldamms's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was well written, but just not for me. I was expecting sci-fi horror and this is definitely more cosmic/psychological horror that leans heavily into the claustrophobic atmosphere. I loved The Troop and this is quite a different story with the same quality of writing. Lots of great descriptions of gory and uncomfortable things, if that's your cup of tea! Would not recommend this book to those particularly sensitive to animal cruelty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Gore

dakotahrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was one that was hard for me to put down and not read in one sitting. Right from the start, you get hooked into this little story of what you think the book will be about, but instead, almost immediately you're thrown into a story of trauma, body horror, and a confusing mess of a situation. It doesn't help that the entirety of the book takes place 8 miles below land with descriptions of hallways and rooms that make you physically feel tight and uncomfortable as you read. The characters infuriate you and have you questioning your own sanity and understanding along the way. I know I gave some pretty heavy tags, but I just wanted to cover all the bases of what is even mentioned in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gaslighting, Violence, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Cursing

recollections's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

3.5

"the emergency lights flickered, then died. darkness fell like a guillotine blade."

this is a fever dream!! what the fuck was that ending!! (i actually really liked it but the middle dragged for me eh)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence