Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy

14 reviews

dozicasey's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

aliciawithoutkeys's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm

just_j08's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Suicide

francesnah's review

funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Pretty fantastic. There are some dense conversations about mathematics or philosophy that can be hard to follow but overall it’s a great conversation that is actually way funnier than people give it credit for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Rape

rebeccajlachance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m not sure I’d have enjoyed this book if I’d read it off the page— there are a lot of parts that are completely academic and seemingly disconnected from the plot??? But Julia Whelan and Edoardo Ballerini are the best narrators and made the audiobook very dynamic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest

unboxedjack's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Incest

ncghammo's review

challenging funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Incest

emmonsannae's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

This is a great companion novel to The Passenger—probably not as great of a standalone (which is fine, that isn’t its purpose). It was neat to get to know Alicia as a person on her own terms but man those terms are bleak. Definitely some extremely not-fun moments. I’d recommend this book but not to anyone with an intense fear of drowning. Or any of the other 18 content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Grief

meaglovesbooks's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Incest

knorkemann's review

fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest