Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

I am thinking of ending things by Iain Reid

42 reviews

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

I truly disliked this book. 

The writing itself isn't that bad, but the beginning and end of this book really are. The beginning is extremely boring and filled with superficial philosophy, 

the long car ride does really feel like one, it´s never-ending

the end made me full of rage, I already wasn't enjoying this book but the ending really felt like I had wasted hours of my life,

the author pulled the it was all a dream shtick 

. The middle part didn't feel as bad.

As for the characters, I cannot stand the main one, (whose POV we always follow) I was actually constantly rooting for her death. I am aware she represents more than appears at first sight, but I still find her insufferable. 

On a brighter note, or darker in this case, I felt the tense and ominous environment was really well maintained from the half point onwards, but this wasn't enough to save this book for me.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, and Physical abuse

interstellarpig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

sinisterbeard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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 attempt

kindakoselig's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-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

3.0

This was a bit of a mixed pot. The beginning and middle of the book are interesting and there’s some interesting philosophical points brought up in these sections. However, I found the third act of this book very difficult to get through, not particularly engaging and at times painfully jumpy. The ending brought everything back together in an interesting way though. I’d say it’s worth a read but maybe don’t add it to the top of your reading list. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

sar_a_i's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Body horror, Self harm, Stalking, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

bethaniesherwood's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Boof. This book was something else, an all-time favorite for sure. I could talk about it for days (quite literally, since that’s what happened when it wrapped up). I believe it’s labeled as a medium or slow paced read, however, I knocked this thing out in one afternoon (via audible). Would strongly recommend reading twice in a row, so you can go back and highlight the significance of previous scenes. Absolutely incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

most of the book takes place in this dudes psyche, and there’s a part where his alter ego (for lack of a better term) turns into a weird, creepy disfigured inhuman type of thing and like crab walks away. Almost quit reading because of that one scene.

Also apparently there’s a Netflix adaptation? Never seen it.

joperceptions's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-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

5.0

I never wrote a full review for this book at the time because I didn’t know how. 

This book was so complex in a way that in full sincerity, changed the trajectory of my life. It covers mental health and the challenges of dealing with it in a way that I feel, no other book has covered in such a way before- not one that I’ve yet read. You find yourself on the edge of your seat just wondering, what the fuck is going on. But not in a negative way. 
Give a psychological thriller a deep and complex hidden meaning and this book is what you get from that. 

The writing style is beautiful, the story telling of the characters lives got you attached- just to reach the final fall at the end and realize how truly special unimportant seeming things are to us when the end finds us. That we are all truly a mosaic of everything good and bad that’s ever happened to us in our lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Death, and Suicide attempt

tesslw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jude_rose's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

This book is captivating, complex and a little creepy. I loved it, it's a psychological thriller that keeps you guessing till the end. It was a bit hard to follow till the end, but that was just part of the fun. If you aren't into thrillers or confusing books that put a lot onto you as the reader to take from the book, you won't like it. I liked it cuz I'm a sad bitch who loves vague books so I can make up my own ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Dementia, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

the_escapist's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Suicide attempt