Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

45 reviews

jessi_lou95's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

swformentano's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, and Trafficking

hollyloves2read's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Violence, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Rape, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Murder

elizabethr00's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

sarafandino_'s review

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Rape, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, and Death

sshammyss's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Self harm, Trafficking, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Torture, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

csmoke85's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

sydgolt's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Holy fucking shit. this is one of the best books i think ive ever read. it was beyond dark and beyond twisted, but was written, so incredibly well. I have read a fair amount of thrillers and psychological thrillers, but this one easily takes its place at the top of my list. The characters were written so well and the plot developed so seamlessly in a way that I don’t feel like I’ve read for a long time. Way that the author switched back and forth between past and present, but the story itself kept flowing, was so cool and so captivating I literally could not put this book down. When I wasn’t reading this book, I was thinking about this book. I could hardly focus on anything else unless I was sitting down and reading it.

One thing I found that added to how deranged this book is, is how the author made you almost like the gardener and Desmond. she wrote them in such a delicate way, and gave them such gentle personalities that you almost started to feel safe when they came into the room. but then she would add a comment about who these people really are and it would remind you that they are monsters, and that you should not like them. It’s almost like she was giving the Stockholm syndrome. And I find that incredibly cool. I don’t think it was a particularly difficult thing for the author to do but I thought it was a really interesting addition to the experience of the book. 

I will recommend this book until the day I die, but only to specific people. I do not think of this book is for everyone because of how dark and twisted it is, but the writing the characters, the plot, the ending are just so incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, Gun violence, and Confinement

eimiburt's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Death

kkalicky94's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Sexual assault, and Rape