Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

239 reviews

quabbityash's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Toxic friendship

djgoose's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

This book is so fun. I love reading horror during the summer. It’s how you know the chills are bc you’re scared and not just cold. And this really checked all my boxes for a lil scary beach read. The whole thing is a great exploration of the highs and lows of friendship and the disgusting glory of being a teenage girl. Rip Max

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

san_cam78's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Kidnapping

wolfism's review

dark emotional sad tense

4.25

I can't relate to the book in some ways. I was not born in the 80s and I'm not from the US. So I'll have to trust Grady Hendrix it was like that. Many sentiments, attitudes and behaviors were appalling to me, although not unfamiliar, even growing up in the 90s and 2000s. In a way I liked that he did not sugarcoat anything, seeing as in recent years the 80s have been pretty romanticized a bit too much without balancing it out in mainstream media. 

I wouldn't call it an enjoyable book. Just seems the wrong word for it. But I liked it. I was definitely emotionally invested starting half way in. It was also rage inducing. It was infuriating, especially the adults. It didn't even have anything to do with refusing to believe someone was possessed by a demon. We didn't even get that far with them. I did consider if the demon might have warped their senses, but I'm not entirely sure. 

It deals with a lot of heavy shit. It's very dark and I rarely could find the fun in the story that some mentioned. There were a few slightly funny moments, but for me it was very overshadowed. I would not tell anyone "Here read this book, it's a fun, nostalgic read set in the 80s". Sometimes it was painful to read. It made me really emotional. The light in this book was Abby and her friendship with Gretchen. If you have a Abby in your life, man, hold on to them. She made mistakes (some she can't be blamed for because she is a child, was desperate and thought naturally grown-ups could be trusted with things), she wasn't always nice, she did wrong. She was a teenager. Such a good character in my opinion. It was impactful which is always good. I can imagine reading it for a second sometime. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

justjessing's review

dark mysterious tense

• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Slavery

mfrisk's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was everything I wanted from a summer horror novel with an incredible amount of heart, soul, and a focus overall on friendship and love. It was scary, challenging, and supernatural while also giving you almost a lifetime to get to know characters that weren’t just one-dimensional. I loved this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia

willybee's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

whatsgoingonrnhelp's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Pregnancy

ffrogie_'s review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

this book took me a good while to read, cause i devoured the first 80 pages in a night and then forgot about it for around 8 months- and then read the rest in like 2 days… but i love it nonetheless its like weird queer 80s also idk what anyones says gretchen and abby are so gay for eachother omg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Animal death and Suicide attempt

zskadina's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

Great book!

BUT WHY DID THE DOG HAVE TO DIE HUH?????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual harassment