Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Plotters by Un-su Kim

5 reviews

tungstenmouse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I found this very intense. Sometimes it was like watching a movie. My only issues were that it was occasionally slow and unfortunately extremely violent. If you like action and thrillers I highly recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Murder, Medical content, Cursing, Violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gun violence, Grief, and Death

Minor: Stalking and Cannibalism

livvyofthevalley's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This was a fun read, but it never really felt like it was going anywhere. Maybe some of the impact got lost in translation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, Classism, Death, and Addiction

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and War

midnightshow's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Child death

brgntteva's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

 What a ride. What a noir. Together funny and gory and cruel and graphic and intimate. I'm in awe 
[IT sotto]
For once I'll write my thoughts straightaway cause this book solidly blew my mind. Thrillers and noir are not my jam, and I picked this one cause I found it on @scribd
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We're in the dark underbelly of Seoul, we get to meet its assassins and plotters, and all sorts of cruel yet "principled" characters like Reseng, who was brought up in the Doghouse, aka Old Racoon's library, where meetings happen, until he found a studio apartment where he lives with his two lady cats Desk and Lampshade, and all could have gone along bloody smoothly until 3 women came up and changed everything.
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I can't name what exactly blew me away expect all these elements put together. How all the characters were shady and human and rounded, how the novel is gory, but with a melancholic twist, extremely graphic (leaning to absurd, and here's the Tarantino comparison) and yet I couldn't but feel for the characters, and many of them at that. Might be the writing, or the insights on feelings such as resignation, desperation, the aim for redemption. I just genuinely and unexpectedly love it.
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Recommend!
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🇮🇹 I cospiratori di Un-Su Kim è un thriller/noir che mi ha stecchito, e completamente a sorpresa visto che è il genere che leggo di meno. Ma questo è il mese della letteratura coreana, quindi ho provato.
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Reseng è un assassino mercenario cresciuto in una biblioteca da Old Racoon (un vecchio ipercinico), che vive in un monolocale con due gatti, nel sottobosco di Seoul fatto di assassini e cospiratori, ama leggere i classici e ha un amico. E la sua routine sarebbe continuata nel sangue se non fossero apparse tre donne a cambiare tutto.

Mi è piaciuto il fatto che tutti i personaggi siano cinici malinconici e umani; la scrittura; che ci sono in ballo rassegnazione, disperazione, rabbia, redenzione; che è cruento e violento e molto grafico, con scene assurde (e qui si capisce il richiamo a Tarantino).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one. It's a gritty noir story about an eternal war of assassins and the people who get caught in the middle. Somehow it managed to merge brutal violence, off-beat whimsical humour and genuine emotion into a package that was more than the sum of its parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Terminal illness, and Car accident