Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

172 reviews

jjyork's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

4.25

Lots of twists and red herrings, but I wanted the main character to be more active in solving the mystery and experience more growth by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Child death, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Miscarriage

efulton's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcohol

re_coates's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Loved the overall premise of this book. The trauma of the main character is the reason behind her not figuring out the killer from the beginning. The author highlights the main characters inability to trust and her blinding love for her brother and fiance. I would have rated it higher, but it was a bit predictable. And, while I really liked the main character, she made a lot of frustrating choices considering her profession. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Addiction, and Suicide attempt

boop123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

It was predictable but I still had a good time! The story was easy to read and follow. The main character was kind of unbearable at times but it was understandable given her past (which the media will never let her forget). I am also a fan of thriller books that I can’t help but theorize, it makes me feel more immersed in their story and somehow interactive, so that was a huge plus. Overall, a great book to read for something not difficult to follow but also can’t help but feel frustrated with what’s happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood

dslcer's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

The author has little knowledge of Louisiana, given that there is a crawfish boil in the book where the characters use Old Bay for the seasoning. Old Bay is used for a northern seafood boil, not a Louisiana crawfish boil. Also, she describes bayous as being blue in color, when they are brown.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Murder, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

bittie_bee's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

I had the ending figured out within the first 50 pages of the book, but it was still an enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt

coco78337's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Blood, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Self harm, Bullying, Vomit, and Stalking

janisjay's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

serenaann's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Grief, and Self harm

Minor: Gun violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Child death, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, and Toxic relationship

abireadthat's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Wowwwww. Just wow. Honestly so very impressed with A Flicker in The Dark. Willingham truly had me in a complete chokehold with this story.

With being a big thriller and mystery reader anyway, I was fully convinced I had figured out the twist and the way this story had gone but my goodness was I wrong. Stacy needs applauding because I was totally blindsided by what happens.

We meet Chloe Davis, a psychologist who like her patients, suffers from mental health issues. Her father was jailed a twenty something years ago for the murders of some young girls in their home town. All paths lead to him and the man was put behind bars, leaving Chloe and her brother with some psychological trauma, including their poor mother.

Chloe goes down the psychology pathway to help children and teenagers who like her suffered.

I admired her bravery and resilience and noticing smaller things that the detectives had missed, or simply that she didn’t know.

Like with a lot of protagonists in thrillers and mysteries, Chloe decides to stick her nose in once one of her patients goes missing.

I loved how fast paced the story was, and how Stacy had been sneaky with some bits and pieces. It was almost like listening to an unreliable narrator, hence why I was fully convinced my theory was right.

It’s small town, it’s fast paced, it’s twisty and it’s creepy and it truly is the best page turner I’ve read so far this year. 

As a debut novel by Willingham, I am truly impressed with how this book unwound and how the story developed. 

I cannot wait to read more of her works!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child death, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Drug use

Minor: Mental illness and Drug abuse