Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag

6 reviews

sebnia_05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Incest, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Racism

cardans_wine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Alcohol

cutlet's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I was intrigued by the premise, but I felt like I had to push through a lot of stuff. When it ended, it felt like the 'why' was never explained, a few random additions were made but never elaborated on, and there was no real resolution, the story just sort of dropped off and stopped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest

georgeeporge's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-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

1.0

An unfortunate miss for me. I love a bit of magical realism, but its of so poorly executed. 

Its a story of daughters, of girls becoming women, discovering their true powers and where their morales really lie when faced with a terrible choice. Pick the side of evil and live, pick the side of good and die. 

The formatting was off, with five main protagonists and short chapters that insisted in covering all their stories, some in first person and others in third person, it made it horribly jumpy and repetitive. 

I also don't understand why the author was obsessed with adultifying these 17 years old?! How is one at uni sleeping with a professor, two should've been in care with one was running a cafe living with her Gran who had alzheimer's and another without any living legal guardian at all. Only one had any form of a realistic living situation at all! 

It is a hard no from me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

deesquared's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

A spin on the Grimm fairy tales, four girls have to make a decision on their eighteenth birthday on choosing between darkness or death. 

It's a book that had a lot of potential but didn't lead anywhere.

I did not like that the characters were all 17, but had the lives of people at least in their 20s.

I'm talking sole guardian of a small child, university student having an affair with professor or the girl selling her grandmother's cafe after effectively being manipulated by an adult man!

 

It could have easily been about people in their 20s, the turning point could have been them turning 21, it didn't have to be 18 to fit with fairytale lore if these themes were going to be used! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder and Incest

christinanielsen's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Eating disorder