Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

28 reviews

smashlier's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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: Sexual content, Body shaming, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

dizzyindecision's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Suicide

beatriks's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

The book is split in two halfs, I knew that upfront, and without that knowledge, I wouldn’t have finished it. 
The first half was a dread to read, extremely slow and the male protagonist extremely self-centered.
I couldn’t see where this was going. 

The second half really made up for that, the female protagonist was way more interesting and the pace was faster as well. 
I would recommend it, but not unconditionally. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Drug abuse and Fatphobia

sartastic's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Abortion, Suicide, and Death of parent

bravokidroxy's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

The first half is a deep look into unreliable narrators which is totally my jam. And then Part two feels like “oh we’re gonna get some answers” and that’s a big ole lie. The second half, although still an unreliable narrator felt more like an act. She knew what she was doing by leaving things out and asking too many rhetorical questions so it was harder for me to feel for her. The story is simple, no jump scares, and mostly benign so this really is just a deep character analysis about marriage and loyalty and love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Police brutality, and Racism

Abortion and sterilization mentioned

sachikoriddle's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

ticianeaneane's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Acho que eu gostei desse livro mais que a maioria das pessoas. Com uma prosa linda e muito bem desenvolvida (que às vezes me lembrava de "A História Secreta", às vezes de "As Ondas"), o livro é dividido em dois volumes: destinos e fúrias. No primeiro temos a visão de Lotto, ator fracassado, dramaturgo de sucesso. Extremamente egocêntrico e narcisista, a voz dele parece até infantil quando comparada com a voz do segundo volume, a de Mathilde. E é esta segunda fração da obra que brilha. A história dos dois vai se encaixando e crescendo, assim como os personagens em si. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Minor: Child death