Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

37 reviews

brindlecat's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

takecoverbooksptbo's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Gun violence, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Car accident, and Mental illness

bethanyf22's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Sexual assault

thatnerdclaire's review

dark emotional mysterious

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

blacksphinx's review

dark mysterious sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Body horror, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Incest, Sexual assault, and Ableism

Minor: Police brutality, Mental illness, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, War, and Car accident

TW: Child sexual assault, ableist slur (the r-word)

bkwrm1317's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

So glad I picked this up on a whim for a later in the year reading challenge and looking forward to reading more by Wurth very soon. 

A new voice (for me) in horror to eat right up. Loved this metal head, the Lofa haunting her, and the slow burn reveal about her mother who went missing two days after her birth, presumed dead. Definitely worth the read! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Incest

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Murder, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

rachaelwho's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

This was mostly extremely tedious Mary Sue, reddit-quality nonsense, except a few surprise pockets like

the unexpectedly excellent description of her crystal high with the blue lights

. For that, I was prepared to give it a two. And then

the author decided that the solution to Debbie having an abusive husband who controlled and isolated her, was for Debbie to simply demand that Kari and Jack literally just get along from now on.

I hesitate to even give it a single star for that. Actually, y'know what? I won't. The writing sucked and that plotline was offensive and dangerous. Fuck this book right into the sun. This author owes me 9.5 hours.

Edited to add: apparently the author is possibly a white woman presenting herself as indigenous, which would honestly make *so* much sense. This book felt so generically, vaguely native, with a few con picuous references to "pretendians," "generokees," and "great great grandma Cherokee princesses." But I thought it was just like how badly the author wanted us to know Kari was sooooo metal and sooo badass and hot and not like other girls. Ugh! Could've saved myself some time if I'd looked into her. Seriously, skip this trash fire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Incest, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Genocide, Racism, and Slavery

starbabe2529's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

4.0

While I was expecting more of a strictly horror novel this book was more like a thriller with ghosts. However it was a really good thriller! Kari tries to solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance when she was only 2 days old and the journey leads her not only to the answer but also to a new outlook on her own past, grief, identity, and family. It was a wonderful mix of metal, horror, and Indigenous life and culture. Overall a story of hope and healing. I really enjoyed this one! 7/10 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Pedophilia and Child abuse

chasingpages1's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Torture, Racism, Stalking, War, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Police brutality, Colonisation, Genocide, and Medical content

kingsteph's review

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Gun violence