Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Snow by John Banville

11 reviews

atamano's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Classism, Blood, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Grief

Minor: Fatphobia

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, Sexual content, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

lynchyfynch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Violence, Suicide, and Sexual violence

cstein's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Enjoyable read with interesting insights into Irish history/politics, but too many knowing nods to mystery genre tropes and archetypes, the motive was obvious to the reader long before the detective, and

there was a frustratingly long break between when we learned a character was dead and Strafford got it together to find the body.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Alcoholism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit and Child death

yenna's review against another edition

there’s not much mystery to this mystery story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

romcomapologist's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicide

klfgasaway's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

guyc1992's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide

emilydg's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.5

I loved the writing style, the author transported me to a wintry Ireland of the time and the pace, though slow, was almost soothingly so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide

canadianbookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2021/02/snow.html

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Violence