Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

18 reviews

ritaicu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book a lot. It‘s descriptions are incredibly atmospheric and lush while the story is very bleak, brutal and visceral. I enjoyed learning about Argentina‘s history as well as seeing the characters‘ lives play out over several decades. Especially Juan and Gaspar‘s relationship was really interesting. The only thing that bothered me is that the ending is a little rushed and it felt like there were many interesting plot points that remained unresolved. It still was one of my absolute favourite reads this year and has piqued my interest in Latin American literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Suicide, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Death, and Colonisation

jillaay_h's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Racial slurs, Body horror, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Medical content, and Suicide

mrhewhanson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Police brutality, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, Classism, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit

blackteadragon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Death, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gun violence, Addiction, Rape, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage and War

jarjarblingg's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Murder, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

befnie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Miscarriage, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, Suicide attempt, War, Grief, Homophobia, Blood, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Police brutality, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, Car accident, Slavery, and Racial slurs

Minor: Misogyny and Cannibalism

linguisticali's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

Oof, I don't know where to start with reviewing this. Haunting and original. Also seriously dark and fucked up - very evocative, but there were several parts I had to skim. I think this could have been much shorter. It took me a while to get through it and making progress felt like an effort, at least until the last third or so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Child abuse, and Self harm

mariafernanda993's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this - argentinian gothic horror with magical realism and historical elements, couldn't ask for more. It felt weirdly like a book version of Hereditary. I was only a bit disappointed by the ending, though not enough to damage the overall experience. Hold my coffee, need to go read Mariana Enríquez' entire bibliography.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Child abuse, Violence, Torture, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Colonisation, Suicide, Body horror, Terminal illness, Slavery, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Physical abuse

captainroz's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Self harm, Grief, Suicide, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Police brutality, Vomit, Car accident, and War

_cararichardson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

There’s a lot to digest here… loved the world building, the mysterious way the lore was revealed (and not revealed) to the reader. Characters were super complex, and I could sense that Gaspar was becoming more similar to his father at the end. The variety of perspectives was really cool and how the stories intertwined with each other. This was truly terrifying at many parts, and disturbing. I also enjoyed the political commentary and class discussion, although I’m not too familiar with Argentina’s history and politics. The writing and translation was really beautiful and macabre, and often chaotic (when it aided the story) I don’t know what my final takeaway is, I’m not sure if I fully pieced together all of the elements of the story. The ending is kind of ambiguous, which I suppose is fitting. One thing I didn’t really get was

Spoiler

the intent of having Esteban and Stephen for the name of one character (I know that Esteban is the Spanish translation of Stephen).

Overall, even though it was a long book, it was never a slog and I could’ve read even more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Rape, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia