Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

65 reviews

spaceodin's review

3.5

Oof. So sad I didn’t love this one. All the ingredients seemed catered to my interests - lonely Native teenager finds herself trying to train a final girl for the slasher she suddenly finds herself in - but there’s only so many times I can read the words slasher and final girl and horror movie recycled over before they lose their charm and I start rolling my eyes. Add to that that only a half dozen movie titles are really referenced for the first two-thirds of the book, and the unique narration quickly overstays its welcome. (Very happy to report, my favorite giallo alternate title Twitch of the Death Nerve makes a last-minute appearance.) I’m afraid to say that if the book was cut from 400 pages down to 200 it would’ve been much leaner and more effective, but as it was, if I weren’t stuck in a waiting room for three days with nothing else to read I may not have finished the book at all. Thankfully there’s a fun stinger at the end - true to Nightmare lore - that has me more optimistic to start the second book. Eventually.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Incest and Sexual violence

elizabethstone's review

I did not like the main character, the plot was too slow, and the narrative kept getting interrupted by chapters that were high school homework essays written by the main character, which added nothing to the story. Also did not care for the suicide scene at the very beginning of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

reggiethebird's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I wasn't a fan of the main character when they were monologuing or thinking to themselves, and I wasn't a fan of the dialog between characters. Unfortunately, thats pretty much all of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Abandonment, Blood, Incest, Death, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

rachelnoel's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Blood

r_o_s_e's review

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Rape

shysheepys's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I love Jade Daniels and I want nothing but the best for her. 
I'm personally not a slasher fan, but I love horror and wrote a few college papers on slasher tropes and the theories behind slashers and why slashers are popular. I loved being able to read this without having to think to hard about the things Jade was talking about, because I already knew them too, and it all made sense. For someone that hadn't done research on slashers, though? I can't imagine them being able to read this easily. 

But anyway, I love Jade Daniels. I love this book. I can't wait to read the next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicide, Body horror, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Incest, Murder, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Moderate: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Colonisation

jahleesu's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Suicide, and Self harm

clicheaboveall's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm and Rape

pollyem's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Blood, Gore, Incest, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

victoriarose12's review

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Self harm, Body horror, and Animal death

Minor: Rape and Incest