Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

7 reviews

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Violence, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Car accident, Child death, and Infidelity

princess_azula's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Another fantastic mystery, twists and turns around every corner! The way the book and the characters discuss life and all it’s beauty and messiness is so thorough and beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Suicide, Body shaming, Murder, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Car accident

saricostanzo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Suicide

kaitlinonfire's review

mysterious medium-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

3.0

I really like this series and had read some out of order. I thought The Brutal Telling was phenomenal! There's a lot to like in A Fatal Grace that's a common thread in the series (small town appeal, the mystery unfolding,  a motley crue of locals, lovely prose), but this one made me physically cringe and not in the way the author intende. The fat phobia is INTENSE right off the bat, from the author not just character perspectives. There some other off color comments early on that I think just didn't age well. Approach with a grain of salt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt

sparklefarm's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

Loved the characters, loved the setting, an interesting mystery. But GOOD GOD THE FATPHOBIA WAS EGREGIOUS. Really, unforgiveable. Really no reason to call a human, let alone a child, "grotesque," unless they have committed war crimes and flouted the Geneva convention.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Death, and Emotional abuse

amandaskye's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Body shaming

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Ableism

Minor: Death of parent

katymaryreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I think Chief Inspector Gamache is going to rival Josephine Tey's Alan Grant as my favourite fictional detective. I love how human he is.

Wheels within wheels as Gamache's own problems run alongside the murder mystery, with a bit of a cliffie on that at the end.

The mystery itself kept me guessing, and the descriptions of Three Pines, its' inhabitants, the weather - and the food - were a treat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Police brutality