Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Bálnahullás by Daniel Kraus

160 reviews

nikki_jcf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Suicide

laurantor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

I think this maybe just wasn’t for me? And I think it’s because I had different expectations for what the book was supposed to be. It was hard to follow what was going on at times because of the writing style and the fact that there’s a lot of assumption of understanding how SCUBA gear works. I did really enjoy the part with the orcas but that’s about the only part that really grabbed at my attention

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, and Grief

saxy_lady's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Woah.

This book is heavy in ways I couldn’t even imagine. This book is so much more than a guy in a whale, which is already a huge feat. Somehow this book takes you on a journey through a traumatized boy’s childhood in an effort to save him from his dire circumstances.

 I literally could not put this book down, and I stayed up until 3 in the morning just to finish it. 

As in many stories, I am slightly disappointed that the ending did not extend a little further than it did. However, this does not lessen the impact of the story whatsoever. Daniel Kraus does such an excellent job with his descriptions. There are even some nods to the story of Jonah: the Bible story about the man who was swallowed by a whale and lived. These nods were too specific to not be purposeful.

Overall: immensely powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Vomit

angelacoz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

bookswithlydscl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

othersociologist's review against another edition

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

evanmather's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Death of parent

snookyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

annaxavila's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Blood