Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Mon amie Adèle by Sarah Pinborough

23 reviews

thecatsmum's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.75

After coincidentally running into and snogging the man who turns out to be her new boss, single mother Louise has an affair with him, and begins an unlikely friendship with his wife. This story is told mostly in alternating Louise and Adele (the wife) POV chapters as the story unfolds.

Honestly, I think it would have been a better book if it was mostly told from Louise's POV for the first half to three quarters of the book or if Pinborough handled Adele's POV chapters better. It felt like the story lost part of its momentum by allowing the reader to know too much too soon.

A bit into the book I realised I had seen the miniseries that was based on the book a few years ago, and I wasn't impressed by the ending then, and I guess I wasn't now. So, despite the prose feeling decent, there were too many problems for me to rate this higher.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

hopevigilshuck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Bullying, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Suicide attempt

zeyd's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

0.25

Nope nope nope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Emotional abuse, Death, Animal death, and Self harm

Moderate: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

ssarahbbeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Animal death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abortion

oliviaslibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

the ending of this book really threw me, the final twist is pretty fucked up so I knocked a star off. It changed the way I saw the entire story and I don’t know if it was for the better. Still enjoyed the mystery.

edit: actually the ending twist makes me really mad and I’ve ranted about it to all of my friends… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Addiction and Suicide

Minor: Murder

yana_bee's review against another edition

dark sad

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

It’s an unpleasant and upsetting book about a terrible person preying on others, with a psychological thriller plot mechanism. I would strongly recommend skipping this book, even if it’s your only option on a long flight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Stalking, and Mental illness

anne311's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

man

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming and Body horror

Minor: Abortion

lilysaddler's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Addiction, Death of parent, Abortion, Body shaming, and Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

cpachet's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Drug use

Minor: Child death

thebookmarkedmama's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I want to give this book a bad review, but why, just because the ending made me cringe? The book was fantastic! It kept me really engaged and I NEEDED to know all their secrets! This book deserves 4 stars maybe even 4.25!  I was fooled the whole book and then that ending 🤯. I did not see it coming. 

I wouldn’t recommend this book to everyone, but if you enjoy psychological thrillers this is a book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent and Abortion