Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

51 reviews

feynmaniac1729's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Suicide

shantastic_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

Well constructed beautifully eerie atmosphere - I could clearly visualize Pastoral in all its lush greenery and creepy stillness. The multiple POVs were effective in building tension, revealing different pieces of information and letting the reader put it together, bit by bit. The plot takes some predictable and unrealistic turns, and I think Travis' special ability described at the outset of the book is an unnecessary trope that doesn't ultimately add much.  That said, I enjoyed this story and had a hard time putting it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Pregnancy, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Medical trauma, Suicide, and Gun violence

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Suicide

milojean_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence and Pregnancy

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.0

It took me a bit to get into the swing of this book, but I did like it the farther along it went.

Bee was my favorite character.

Glad she got her justice and knifed Levi, an abusive ass.

All in all, a good and interesting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Mass/school shootings

julianh's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

ashyq's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Ableism

Minor: Suicide

paperd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide

jademrosas's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

A History of Wild Things is atmospheric, mysterious and engaging. I really enjoyed the book overall because I believe Ernshaw was able to take the reader into the minds of the characters but also into Pastoral. I will say that, for me, the downside was how predictable it was. The reveals weren’t entirely revealing since I was able to see them pretty early on in the book and I did feel like the ending was slightly rushed. However, despite it being predictable, I still felt the story and writing was compelling enough to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

readwithanne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy