Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Castaways by Lucy Clarke

7 reviews

autismandniamh's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

Descriptions of the island were very detailed but, ultimately, too repetitive. Plus I didn’t really grow to root for any of the characters. But the vivid (intense) atmosphere of this book was great!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

typedtruths's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

3.5

This superseded all of my expectations. I was wholly engaged from chapter one to the very end and flew through it in a single afternoon. The ending was a little rushed and half-hearted, but the overall experience was engaging and thrilling - exactly what you want from a mystery. I'll definitely be reading more from Clarke in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Drug use, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Infidelity and Animal death

➸ Trigger warnings for spousal and parental abandonment, attempted rape (on-page), sexual assault (unwanted nonconsensual kiss, on-page), spousal infidelity discussed, suicidal ideation including an on-page scene where the protagonist begins an attempt (by jumping), alcohol consumption & abuse, drug use and abuse mentioned, parent with alcoholism mentioned, starvation and food scarcity, infertility discussed, blood & gore depiction including physical injuries and dead bodies, death of a lover by shark attack (off-page), disappearance of a sibling (theme), murder by drowning in self-defence from attempted rape, attempted murder by strangulation, near-death of an infant from choking, plane crash (theme), and animal hunting and butchering (mostly fish)/

jackie_recommends's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Plane crash

michelles_book_nook's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

⚠️ TW: suicidal thoughts, infertility, alcoholism, mentions of drug use and drug abuse ⚠️ This is such a compelling read that is filled with so much emotion and really makes you think about what you'd do if you were in the same situation. This book follows two sisters, Lori and Erin, as they set off on what they hope will a beautiful tropical getaway on a remote island surrounded by sparkling blue seas, golden sunsets and cocktails but unfortunately it turns into a holiday from their worst nightmares. When I was reading this book I couldn't put it down, it was such a page turner and just when you think you know what is going to happen the author proves you wrong. It is written from the two pov's of Lori and Erin as well as two timelines which made it really interesting how you slowly gathered the breadcrumbs of the story as it progressed. And throughout the book you are left questioning what you would do in that situation and how you'd react which I loved. Not all of the characters were loveable especially Daniel which made it nicely balanced but the author also made you question the other characters too that you initially may have loved. However one character I expected to like but I really didn't was Lori, I found her really selfish and arrogant, despite the attempts to justify her actions and behaviours. Overall, it is a really good read and I definitely recommend giving it a go but maybe not while jetting off anywhere nice though ✈️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Infertility

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

whatvictoriaread's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Grief, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

laureads34's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Excellent book, much better than I expected from reading the blurb. Each chapter keeps you hooked! There are constant twists and turns, I think the author left one part of the plot purposely easy to work out but the rest was completely unpredictable. Upon reflection, the ending was subtly eluded to in such a clever and unsuspected way! My only quarm, leaving this book at 4 stars, is that I found a lot of the descriptions repetitive, IE (not a direct quote) "I drank it in, I stood drinking in the view" etc. Still an excellent book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Gaslighting and Grief

Sexism/misogyny is only portrayed by one character and is telling more of how some people of a certain mindset would act in the book's circumstances. Infertility/IFV is mentioned twice. Sexual assault is attempted but never written in exact words, the character says "I knew what would have happened" so goes into no depth. Suicidal thoughts occur in one scene but the word suicide is not mentioned in that context

orangeoverload's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

If you love LOST for its survival storylines, then you'll love this! We have 2 incredible female protagonists, one trying to solve the mystery of her sisters 'death' and the other who is trying to survive her plane crashing on a deserted island! 🏝 
I loved the setting, the vivid descriptions of the beach, the heat, the island wilderness. And I loved the sisterly relationship that I relate to so much. It was a brilliantly paced book, with enough revelations to make you go Ooooh!
A great summer read! ☀️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Blood, and Alcohol