Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Die geheime Geschichte, by Donna Tartt

521 reviews

hippejulia's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug use, Murder, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Minor: Mental illness, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Gun violence, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Eating disorder

thehungryartist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

I really wanted to like this book as it had great reviews and came recommended to me from a colleague. I don’t know if I’m missing something here, but did not enjoy this much. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Islamophobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Homophobia

mrcleansimp69's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Incest, Toxic friendship, Murder, Violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Animal death

hefftbundle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

It wasn't at all what I expected, and probably not something I'd revisit. Well-written, to be sure.


It is an excruciatingly slow book, but hard to put down. You want to know how it will end, even when you can guess at some parts. If you can hang on until the second half, it picks up in interest, but it still moves just as slow. Until about the last 50 pages, when it picks you up, spins you around, slaps you for good measure, and then gently sits you down and bids you a pleasant evening. 

It has all the academic atmosphere and intrigue of Dead Poet's Society, and all the self-absorption and drudgery of Catcher in the Rye. If you like Salinger, you'll probably like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Classism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape

vagrantheather's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

Love love love love everything about this novel. The people are people in a way most authors just can't nail. Each character feels fleshed out and real, flickering between genuine warmth and cold, snide, abrasive attitudes; they have real feeling motivations, unacknowledged biases. Not only is the narrator unreliable, but each of the people he speaks to is similarly conveying a version of events filtered through that character's lens. The prose is beautiful in a subtle manner. The setting, the whole vibe of late 80s college life, is executed flawlessly. I will buy this book and read it a half dozen more times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, Murder, Alcohol, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Classism, Incest, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

haleymk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Rape, and Racism

ilvtaylorswift's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Incest, Murder, Drug use, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Classism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

matthew_david's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Incest

jorloucooper'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

My only wish is that book 2 onwards kept the same pace as the first, it slowed towards the end and I found myself skim reading. It was still very enjoyable though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Islamophobia, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Self harm, Incest, and Suicide attempt

marzipanbm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Alcohol, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Vomit, Incest, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Rape