Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

14 reviews

rainstar's review

adventurous emotional tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Confinement, Body horror, Animal death, and Blood

aposthuma's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.5

What an INSANE book. As promised, it's 127 Hours meets the Martian meets Jonah from the Bible. This is possibly the goriest, grossest book I've ever read, but I could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Medical content, Vomit, Blood, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Grief

rondasue27's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide and Emotional abuse

tortle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

rejectscanon's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-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

5.0

Ruined me in the best way. Got a copy from the library and regretted it exactly 43 pages in because I wanted to highlight a line, but couldn’t. Cried a lot, and would read this book again in a heartbeat. Highly recommend, but be mindful of possible triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Cancer, Body horror, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, and Vomit

inirac's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative tense medium-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

4.25

While I enjoyed this book I strongly recommended checking out the content warnings. I know nothing about diving or whales, but I have been in the area the characters discuss! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Terminal illness, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

50shadesofrae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Started it Halloween morning skeptical about the science, finished it Halloween night sobbing on my couch. Loved it but also don’t know if I can recommend it to people I like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement

aparker89's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

What a trip! This book was nearly impossible to put down- I just had to know if Jay was going to escape his prison inside the whale! This story takes us deep into the psyche of death, grief and longing. 
While it seems a little ridiculously with the whole Jonah being swallowed by a whale, this author works hard to ensure scientific accuracy without bogging us down with too much information! 
I really enjoyed this story. It is captivating, riveting and pulls at your heart strings!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

mindmouthsoul's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

frenchsnail's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol