Reviews tagging 'Death'

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

100 reviews

thebookpaiges's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent

crows_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual content

sian_angharad's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Loved the atmosphere but the ending just didn't do it for me! I think this book is more suited to people who like ambiguous stories that leave things for you to think about rather than those like me who prefer a more satisfying ending

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

lizfig_2014's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

missgrangerr's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cannot stop thinking about this book. I read it two weeks ago and I cannot shake this book, in the best way. 

Disclaimer: this book is not going to be for everyone. However those is is for will be consumed with this story. This is about all I can say without ruining the book. It really is a fantastic book that will stay with you for a while after reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Death

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

Not entirely sure how to feel. I enjoyed aspects of it but feel I might be too dumb to fully understand everything. Like I think I get it but I don't think I do at the same time. 
Check trigger/content warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

chris_reads's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Stalking

Moderate: Confinement and Death

Minor: Blood

torigroves47's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I can’t believe how fast I got through this book. I read it last year, I think, but I didn’t remember much, and I just rewatched the movie so I thought I should read it again.
It’s a lot, and it’s left me feeling a lot of emotions, but it’s also somehow comforting to read.

To paraphrase Chelsea Rebecca’s take (from the Dead Meat Podcast), I find it surprisingly life-affirming. Even though Jake/the janitor made the choice he did, he still was a nice person and had people who cared about him and noticed he was gone. Everyone has their own rich personal world, and even if you don’t see it, someone cares about you and would notice your absence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

As you can probably tell from the title, this book is about

suicide. There’s a lot of suicidal ideation, Nd the main character ends up committing suicide at the end.

There’s also a story that Jake tells on his family’s farm about a pig that keeps staying in one corner, but when his dad finally moves it,

has maggots all over its stomach. It’s “being eaten from the inside out,” so they have to put it down.

The situation is a metaphor, but it doesn’t make the imagery less upsetting.

autumnwhite's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

katofalltrades's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I hated the ending/twist, it made no sense.

It read as explaining everything away with “mental health issues!”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

mental health issues are the culprit