Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Truth of the Divine by Lindsay Ellis

98 reviews

pepper_mind's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism

captainpash's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

iamtheland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

rachel_purple's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

allegedarchivist's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

It’s a dark middle chapter that has a ton of interesting ideas to grapple with. I do think that the ideas sometimes overwhelmed the actual narrative here, and that can be tough when the actual narrative is emotionally so brutal. I found it impressive. I hate to sound like a weenie here, but I was hoping for some brief catharsis or at least fleeting joy for Cora, and this was pretty miserable. Luckily, I like the ideas at play and the prose is really strong, so I devoured this regardless. Much like the last book, it leaves off at a fascinating place for the next book - I’m hoping that the increasing amount of story threads resolves into a gorgeous web instead of a mess. It’s still fascinating and I’m enjoying the series - but this distressing middle installment puts a lot of pressure on the finale to resolve things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

_shaybiebaybee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

This book isn't really for the faint of heart, and I wasn't sure if I liked the two-character-perspectives thing because I had an immediate hate-on for Kaveh. He did eventually grow on me. 
As someone who has gone through

somebody extremely close to me dying

, the end of this book is very raw and painful, even though I saw it coming. 
The portrayal of mental illness and post traumatic stress by Lindsay Ellis is meaningfully done, and well executed. It puts to words just how awful that kind of experience can be while you're going through it without the right help. I truly felt for Cora. My heart broke for her. 
I have a lot of love for this series so far and I'm looking forward to reading book three after being eviscerated by book two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

blakeisslaying's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ombdrip's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Racism, and Islamophobia

kb720's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, and Grief

li_st's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

Bad book. Made me cry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt