Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Last Word by Taylor Adams

178 reviews

danielle70's review

funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Infertility, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mizmanderz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Minor: Vomit

alibi313's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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? Yes

3.25

A propulsive read, which probably kept me from noticing some of its flaws. It had enough interesting twists to keep me listening, even though I’d guessed a lot of them. However, I do not recommend the audio book, as the smug tone employed by the male narrator is incredibly annoying when delivering his mean spirited monologues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

beccam22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I felt creeped out but also laughed and cried. There is a lot of trigger warning for this book but no the dog does not die but he almost does a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

collinsd's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

spennythejet's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

lilifane's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

This is a surprising and unexpected book. I did not expect the scary atmosphere in the first half. I was reading it at night, before bed, alone at home... would not recommend. Or maybe I would recommend it for the goosebumps. It felt a little too similar to the plot of the book, with the protagonist alone in an isolated house at night. At least she had a dog. It doesn't happen often that I am genuinely scared while reading, but this book managed to creep me out. Then it tuned into a full on action packed slaher, and it felt like watching a movie in my mind. On the other hand, the book doesn't take itself too seriously and the dark humor made me giggle several times. There were also more twists and turns than probably good for a plot, but I really enjoyed them, didn't even try to predict anything just because of how wild the story got. And when you think you've reached the end.. there is still 20% left, and you get another ending and another and another. I enjoyed these, so it didn't drag for me. 
I have one critique, though. There is a revelation towards the end which felt misplaced and unnecessary. It felt like something too serious for the kind of story this was. And it was used for shock value and to quickly add an emotional element, which worked. But it felt cheap, unearned and again unnecessary. So I recommend you look up trigger warnings. 
The dog mentioned above suffers a lot during the plot, but don't worry, it survives, thankfully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

gabyspinktasticlibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

This book kept me intrigued from beginning to end! Whenever I thought I knew what was going to happen I would end up shocked by what really happened! I definitely recommend reading this book for anyone looking for a nail-biting thriller. I DEFINITELY recommend checking out the content warnings before picking it up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

chasingpages1's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment