Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

17 reviews

jillaay_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Unfortunately, this is the weakest of the trilogy for me. It just goes too off-the-walls crazy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Classism

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.75

I get that this book is a metaphor, but I couldn’t get past the plot itself. I feel like I suffered through three books because of a false promise that my life would be altered for the effort. It was nice to see Jade grow up, but really, a last resort kind of book for me - to be read if there’s nothing left to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

zelephante's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

narzibenoucdel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

j_yarbrough's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

amberpants's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

jocelyn62013's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

I highly recommend the audiobook even though he has chapters well over an hour long. Something about listening to Jade's narration is special. I am also glad I was switching between audio and ebook though because the Baker Solutions memos often referenced files that were named with strings of letters and numbers. 

I think by book 3 you know how you feel about this story even if you don't have words for it. 

I was highly confused often, but still found myself rooting for Jade and Letha. I honestly find myself wanting to reread the whole trilogy because my slasher/ horror knowledge is not deep enough to catch every nuance thrown at us for clarification. Jade's journey will not be for everyone. If you want clear cut answers and a reliable narrator, that's not this type of horror novel (rabbit trails abound here). However, this book is clearly the end of the trilogy and it feels right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Medical content and Suicide attempt