Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

63 reviews

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this book! I did figure out a few things early on in the book, hence the 4 stars. I found it really interesting how the 2 seemingly unrelated storylines tied together and I enjoyed the jumping between Hannah, Rachel, and the podcast. I didn't want to put this book down! 

***Please make sure to check the trigger warnings before reading! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cancer, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Murder, Rape, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Blood

mayeeta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

4.0

wow this hurt me so bad 
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Medical content, Bullying, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, and Stalking

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

martachbc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Car accident, and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Medical content, Vomit, and Suicide

jelliclecax's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Stalking, and Suicide

maggies's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.0

Listening to the audiobook was interesting because it included "produced" episodes of the Guilty or Not Guilty podcast produced throughout the story. Not sure that was a good addition to the book, though...I didn't like the podcast and it soured my view of Rachel. The dual crimes years apart trope was executed well enough, with a suitable twist to be enjoyable, but it wasn't the most elegant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Car accident, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Bullying, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

collinsd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

elliesberrie's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Car accident, Cancer, and Bullying

griskusse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Child death, Suicide, Murder, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

rebeccawalter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide

bookmarkedbyal's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

TW: rape, murder, sexual assault

Rachel is the host of an incredibly successful true-crime podcast that puts listeners in the jury box. Her upcoming season is surrounding a rape case in a small town involving a star swimmer expected to go to the Olympics. But when Rachel starts getting mysterious letters from Hannah, a woman whose sister died 25 years earlier in that same small town, Rachel begins investigating two cases..because nobody is convinced that Jenny Stills actually drowned, and Rachel is dead set on uncovering her murderer.

This book took me 2 months to read. 😅 Every time I picked it up, I’d read a chapter and not be drawn in and put it back down. I feel like the entire first half was so slow and could’ve been done in a lot less pages. Once i got about half way it picked up and I needed to know how it ended. I will also note this book is very difficult to read. It deals with rape and includes some very graphic scenes. Overall, giving it a 3.5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide