Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Perfect Little Children by Sophie Hannah

8 reviews

maxcooper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

this is such a solid mystery! the pace was a bit slow at times, but the actual story itself was great. the characters were interesting and the mystery really kept me invested. i will be reading more from Hannah in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

flickdabeen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.75

I was hooked from the first chapter! the first part of the book started with a lot of momentum and questions. I truly had no idea what direction the author was going to take this. would’ve been a 5 star but there was quite a few parts that did not need to be included. specifically the part with her daughters school, that was so out of nowhere it almost felt like a chapter from a different book? it was hard to take the intense focus off the story to shift to something that had no relevance to the plot. other than that I loved the main character and how she figured everything out in the end, it all tied together well 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

nisquah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

vaesie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

galexy_brain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

Characters were dull. Not the author's fault, but I found the main character's "I don't get what's happening with the youth these days" attitude to be annoying to read about. The mystery was drip-fed and then answered all at once. I didn't find any of it unexpected and found the twists to be more like roadblocks delaying me from getting to the end of the story.

Lewis was so unbearable from the beginning that I couldn't understand why anyone ever thought he was good?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

camilla_p's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The book was tense throughout and kept me intrigued. each chapter seem to introduce a new possible ending, only put the true ending to circle back to original suspicions but with more depth. Though this book was tense, it was more narration and dialogue driven than it was action driven. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

auteaandtales's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

hilarylouise's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture