Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

57 reviews

rubberrosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Pregnancy and Suicide attempt

cassiereadsbooks_'s review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

booklvrkat's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

meeklovestoread's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked the book for what it was. However, I wouldn't necessarily categorized this book as a thriller and more like a mystery/cozy mystery. So if you're expecting this book to be super thrilling then lower your expectations because that's not what this book is. Once I realized that and got over that fact the book was pretty entertaining to me.

I'll have to admit the book was messy. There was alot of drama going on here. It was kinda crazy. The book didn't give me crazy feelings or anything. In fact, I didn't really feel anything after I finished and I don't think I'll ever think about it again, but it was still entertaining for what it was.

Amanda being ghost make no sense the entire book. I saw a comment that said that it seemed like she was nowhere but everywhere at the same time and I completely agree. I also I lowkey still feel like Gabe pushed Amanda off that cliff. I'm so happy Pippa FINALLY left him. I felt like he was a red flag from the jump and I really wish her family didn't cottle her feelings and just told her how they felt about him because she endured all his drama and for what. Also his intial diagnosis of ADHD didn't make sense to me because he literally had a psychosis early on and that's not a symptom of ADHD. Even I saw that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism, and Murder

lottiebrooks's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

So good and I’ll definitely read more by Sally Hepworth! Less action-packed than a typical mystery but not any less suspenseful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

fadeddpages's review

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Grief

lilreiko88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

nbreezy17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity

minimicropup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Narration👍: Excellent. Didn't distract from the story and voices weren't OTT or cartoony.

Main POVs 👍:

• Spouse and parent trying to come to terms with their partner's quirks (good and bad), while competing and justifying their own actions
• A spouse no longer among the living. They give us a fly-on-the-wall perspective in the past and present.

Atmosphere 👍: Uncertain, sympathetic, ignorant, anxious

• Set in Melbourne, Australia in an upper-class suburb 

Cred Rating 😶: Plausible with a touch of OTT white-collar crime
The realism (or lack thereof) of the plot doesn't detract from the story, but has OTT elements relying on convenience/coincidence.

Growls and Howls 🐺: 

• Can't speak to mental health rep, but there seems to be a lot of "diagnoses" for one of the characters that involve commonly misdiagnosed conditions (ADD, ADHD, Bipolar etc.)
• Regardless of diagnosis, I think the rep (doubts/worry/anger/guilt) around loving someone with mental health issues seems realistic and appropriate
• A lot happens and not a lot happens type of plot that veers more into contemporary fiction than thriller
• Suffers from "lazy thriller writing" (to me). Suspense is built through delay/interruption. For example, children asking questions during a police interview and adults (and police!) entertain them instead of asking they be removed from the room so the interview can proceed. High-stakes discussions delayed by child interruption, relatively minor distraction etc. 

Reading Journey 🙂: Hiking. Woods, cliffs, beaches, crowded spots, sunny spots, shady spots, creepy spots. 

Mood Reading Match-Up:

• White collar crime drama
• "Cozy suspense" (interruption, conversation/plot delays)
• Family drama due to mental illness and infidelity
• Contemporary fiction vibes with tragic plot points

Vibes: 🙂🤨😕

Content Heads-Up: Infidelity, Postpartum depression, Untreated and misdiagnosed mental illness (involving mania) or personality disorder, Suicide and suicidal ideation

Format: Scribd Audio

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Mental illness

Moderate: Death and Infidelity

booksofautumn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence