Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

54 Minuten by Marieke Nijkamp

148 reviews

makaylagrace0's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Rape

cor_luz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Absolutely heartbreaking. Nearly had me crying on the bus. Beautifully written. The author wasn't lying in a quote that said, "My books will make you cry."

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Rape

kent28's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

Heart wrenching book that felt real.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings

ebac622's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

katnip46's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This was a book topic I was really interested. I had read some reviews that said mixed things about this novel, so I decided to give it a try. This is surely not my favorite book. The characters are hard to connect with and I find myself not caring about them much. Overall, I liked bits and pieces and enjoyed some scenes more than others. I think one thing that I would’ve loved was real human emotions in the characters. Some characters had unrealistic emotions to a school shooting and death, if not all of the characters. I liked reading this but I would only recommend if this genre and storyline sounds interesting to learn about. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

annamorgan27's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Car accident

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

kyliehughes's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

kept me enthralled enough to read in one sitting, made me cry, and had some really solid lines that i’ll be thinking about for a while. i think some of the negative reviews are too harsh, especially the ones that say certain things didn’t make sense when they were explained clear as day in the text.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, and Sexual assault

mandarae26's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense 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? No

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

eule's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Strong and depressing book.
Read it in one sitting and will probably not recover. I am so grateful that I live in Germany right now.
The characters were confusing. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

sallytiffany's review against another edition

dark sad 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? No

4.0

This was very gripping. I thought it did a great job of bringing you into the reality of a school shooting. I did find it confusing with all the characters though. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail