Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

6 reviews

schorlett's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Car accident, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Murder, Religious bigotry, War, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Grief, Rape, and Torture

hyrulebalverine's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

 A literary journey that will have you questioning the reality your characters live in.

I typically read books in the science fiction, fantasy, crime, thriller, or horror genres. A friend of mine suggested that I read this book because she really liked it. I will admit to going into it with skepticism, expecting this to be some sort of romance novel. While there is some discussion of a romantic history and potentially some romantic feelings between the characters that is not what this book is about.

As you read through the story, getting to know the characters and events unfold, including the tales that Marianne tells of the past, you start to question whether this woman is telling the truth or if she is actually crazy. The book never blatantly tells you one way or the other, but rather leaves it up to you to decide based on what you read and take from the book. I definitely have a clear opinion as to what was really going on but I won't spoil it for you by telling you what I think or why.

I will tell you after having read this book, I made it a point to recommend it to other friends I have that read because I thought it was that amazing especially given that it is not the type of story I typically read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

cupcait's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Suicide, Car accident, Death, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Grief, Miscarriage, Self harm, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Blood, and Body horror

nowayjade's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. The interlacing love stories were so lovely to read and their relevance to the story was well considered. I did feel the relationship between the two main characters in the current day could have done with more development however I did enjoy the focus on past storytelling. Slow in a few places where explanations were very detailed but overall lovely yet dark interesting and romantic read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Chronic illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

devynvictoria's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I was so surprised by this book. I saw a review saying that it was a great listen as an audiobook so I got myself a copy. I loved this book so much! The narrator does a great job and the characters are all so unique and the storytelling and descriptions… I could just go on and on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

mercuryves's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

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i want to give this five stars because of how much i loved it when i first read it, and then reread it - but i feel like i'd need to read it again (it's 2023 as i'm writing this, so the last time i read it was 10 years ago) before i can give it that glowing of a review. especially because when i remember the facts of the events in the books, i can't remember how well they were handled. for example,

after a severe, disabling accident, the main character goes into very specific detail about how he plans to take his own life once he's released from the hospital, which is typically a big, big no-no but his method is so specific that i'm not sure if it would fall into a grey area on reread.

either way, i would hesitate to recommend this book until i double check.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Suicidal thoughts