Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

11 reviews

pookiee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

a mystery in the time of the first COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland sounds interesting, but didn’t end up being so.
it is deeper than the average thriller, at least. the author believes in the reformation of criminals, but what happens in this book didn’t help that point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

caityg22's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

lostintheplot's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

cassiebartelme's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

 hadn’t read a thriller in awhile and this one was pretty good. This is the first book I’ve read where the COVID lockdowns were a major factor in the story which gave it a different element which I appreciated. I never want to say too much about a thriller and give away anything so I’ll just give it a generic “yeah, pretty good. Kept me reading”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jenna36's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

I am not usually a thriller fan. There are very few that I would even consider rating above 3 stars. This one was so interesting I could not put it down. I can generally guess twists pretty early on in a thriller, which is why I generally dislike them, but this one completely fooled me. My mind was blown, and I will definitely check out more of this author's work, because this was a very intricately plotted and well-written book. I was very pleasantly surprised, it was much better than I expected it to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Child death

andatherrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

ashleylowry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Blood

Minor: Death, Abandonment, Child death, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

kaylamoran'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? Yes

4.0

The first CRH book I read was The Nothing Man, and now this one.  I officially want to read everything by her.  While I rated both books 4 stars and not 5, they were the two most unique thrillers I've ever read, and that says a lot.
I thought I'd figured this one out twice.  I was wrong, twice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Blood and Dementia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

an Irish novel written during covid lockdown about covid lockdown and murder 🕵‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Child death, Gore, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

whirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

It is really weird reading about Dublin in the early days of the pandemic, while still living through it’s later stages 2 years later. She sets the scene really well and her description of Dublin during lockdown definitely brings back memories 

The story itself is also very well done, with plenty there to keep it fresh and a little different

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Suicidal thoughts