Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Haar by David Sodergren

5 reviews

nicesideburns's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Cried.

Perfect mix of body horror, horror, gore and romance. Muriel is so likeable I feel bad for every moment she faced. Adored the romance it was a breather from the horrors. Very bittersweet

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Gore, Excrement, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

jaedia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

 This book was great. We follow a lovely old Scottish lady called Muriel who is being harrassed by the Grant Organisation, a company own by an American billionaire who has bought out most of Muriel's little home village by the sea to destroy the landscape and build a golf course. He's your basic Trump/Musk/Murdoch guy who thinks money can buy him everything. Nasty piece of work. All Muriel wants to do is live out the rest of her life in peace, but the machines changing her landscape run day and night and it seems every day, another friend takes the money and leaves. Muriel refuses. And then one day she makes an odd discovery that set the wheels of change into motion...

The Haar is a beautiful story with a lot of gore. It's intense, wondrous, and the perfect length. I will have to check out who of Sodergren's stuff! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexism, Sexual content, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Murder, Misogyny, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Ableism, Classism, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

maryannelikescoffee's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

sometimes murder is 🆗 even when done by a weird blob creature that comes back as your dead husband

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexism, and Sexual content

franzys_whip's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cried so much. Such a well written book. Perfectly describes the horrors of aging, loneliness, industrialization, and corruption. Also Avalon was legitimately funny and I will die on that hill. While unexpected for me, I love the direction the ending took!

Also the cover art is by Trevor Henderson???? Literal perfection. Read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Murder, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Dementia, Lesbophobia, and Xenophobia

the minor content warnings are like VERY minor, i just thought they were worth mentioning

jalecd's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

This novel takes body horror to a level I had never even conceived and yet somehow still told a wonderful story of love, aging, and remembering the things that matter.  Muriel is an icon of the ages, and such a joy of a protagonist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Excrement, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Vomit