Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

89 reviews

purplatypus's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, and Gun violence

mbelle97's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

WOW what a fantastic book!! I'm glad I went in knowing nothing about it. The main theme of

time travel

totally snuck up on me and gradually revealed itself in such a fun way. It was a perfect mystery; some things I was able to figure out and felt very rewarded about being right, and other things caught me totally by surprise. A must read for sci fi enjoyers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Mental illness and War

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Suicide

silverwings's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I found this book to be an enjoyable read. For each central character, we are given a person with their own motivations and complexities, which build the story well. The plot is never bogged down by the prose; the characters’ inner thoughts are there to illustrate the setting , and the frequent introspections make the characters feel very human. It is a great read for those who enjoy speculative fiction and episodic stories with various POVs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and War

Minor: Suicide

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide

caebrown's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation

blor_12's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and War

Minor: Suicide

omnimalizm's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

katy_bee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I really like Emily St John Mandel's writing style, although as I said I'm my review of station 11- I can see it isn't for everyone. 
There's an obvious author insert character which I wasn't sure about at first but I came round to it.
The first few chapters meander and you have to wait for it to come together, it did for me and it was beautiful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Suicide

catcat15's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Violence

erikabites's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic