Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

3 reviews

windspice's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, and Misogyny

reachingforstardust's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Gore, Racial slurs, Torture, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Blood, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide and Abortion

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Alcoholism, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Slavery, Dementia, Drug abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide