Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

34 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Incest, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Self harm, Murder, Gun violence, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Colonisation and Classism

Minor: Kidnapping and Forced institutionalization

alexijai98's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Violence

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A lot of this really worked for me! It’s clearly very well researched and the horror elements are very chilling. I think some of the different threads get a bit disjointed though and don’t fully mesh together. There’s also some reveals made towards the end that feel a bit like they were thrown in last minute (an example being

Tamsen being in love with her brother. I think that’s something that should have come up way sooner if she was so madly in love with him that she emotionally pushed herself away from other men and used sex to satisfy herself while she couldn’t get her brother. The way it’s presented in the book is very sudden and has nothing to do with the events at that point.

). The ending as a whole felt a bit rushed. Certain characters that we had POV chapters from felt pushed off to the side when I think hearing more from them could have added to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Suicide, Infidelity, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Self harm, Sexism, Alcoholism, Classism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Vomit

chloebear21's review against another edition

slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide, Incest, and Physical abuse

beholderess's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Rape, and Suicide

lianavalente's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual violence, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death and Physical abuse

aploinard's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Suicide

msagerber's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Death, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Incest

cbroderick226's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Sexual assault, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Cannibalism

Minor: Incest

tanilian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Death, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Minor: Incest