Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Killer Game by Stephanie Perkins

25 reviews

odrib's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Gore, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use

_ayden's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Unfortunately, this really didn't feel like a thriller until the last 50 pages. Up until then it was a boring romance with a lot of teen drama thrown in. A good chunk of the book was just the two MCs, Makani and Ollie, trying to be alone to get into each other's pants. Pass.

The very first chapter is the first murder, so it starts off promising, but quickly tapers off. In this first chapter we get to see what is probably the best part of this book: the way the killer toys with the victim's minds. They are constantly doing things like opening drawers/cabinents, moving mundane objects, rearranging furniture, and other things like that to make the person second-guess themselves. I thought this was a really interesting aspect to the murders. 

One thing that took me by surprise is that we discover the identity of the killer about half way through the story. It felt way too soon, and made the book feel longer than what it is. This combined with the abrupt ending, and Makani's "secret", just left the whole book feeling very unsatisfying. 

But seriously, wtf was up with her secret ? They were being fucking hazed, and everyone was drunk/exhausted/pissed. Cutting someone's hair with a knife is pretty tame compared to everything else that was happening that night, and better some hair than someone's arm or something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, and Vomit

sarah984's review against another edition

funny tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This book felt really amateurishly written, lots of telling us about people without showing anything (I already forget almost every character because you're just fed a paragraph of info about them and then they all act the same way) and tortured metaphors. The killer’s motivation is genuinely ridiculous, as is Makani’s "dark secret" and her romance with Ollie.

A few of the scares involving things being moved around in the houses were creepy, but overall this felt like it was trying to be a slasher and a romance and failing at both.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Stalking, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Vomit, Torture, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Racism, and Transphobia

There is a detailed scene involving hazing.

kuz's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.5

I really wanted to like this book. I liked chapters with murders, but other than that it was a bit dull. Too much romance, for starters. (Usually I can tolerate some romance - it's not like I can't skip scenes if they are not important to the main plot, but with this book I could just as well skip to the last chapter).
There's no investigation at all. Author tries to be realistic about how a teenager can help with a search for serial killer, and you can guess how exciting it is.

Except for last chapters, where Makani is suddenly chasing killer for no reason 

I loved Makani's grandmother, though. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide attempt